Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1916997-20150312220054/@comment-6175354-20150827113236

FrancisPaul wrote: Belle&#039;s Boyfriend wrote: Did anyone notice how the suddenly dropped the whole the outside world discovering us plot? Well, shortly after they left for Neverland, Belle enacted a cloaking spell, which still exists. It prevents people from the outside from seeing/entering Storybrooke.

The only known way is Merlin's scroll. Not to mention.... the only people who ever entered Storybrooke, knew about its existance.