Phee wrote: There wouldn’t be much point introducing Prince Phillip in an ep that didn’t feature the Sleeping Beauty story.
Unless Prince Phillip has his own back-story which is separate from Princess Aurora’s. The writers made a separate backstory for Prince Charming/James in S1XE06 – The Shepherd.
On another note, here is some more speculation about what could be going on regarding Emma and SW’s whereabouts:
Emma & Snow – What’s Happened To Them?
http://onceuponafanuk.tumblr.com/post/28118626850/emma-snow-whats-happened-to-themThis fits with what I have been hearing about most of Jen and Ginny’s scenes being filmed indoors on green screen. We know they have filmed together because they said they got soaked.
I have had a feeling they may have disappeared from Storybrooke for a while now. Perfect way to keep the Charming/Snow love story going and explains why Henry is with Charming. We know these writers love to rip characters apart. Think Sun/Jin in Lost and we may get an idea of where the Snow/Charming story is heading this season.“Why is Charming running after the Mad hatter? It seems the Mad Hatter knows something about the whereabouts of Ginnifer Goodwin’s Snow White and Jennifer Morrison’s Emma Swan, who are nowhere to be seen in Storybrooke. What’s happened to them? We’ll have to wait until season two begins airing to find out”. – YVR Shoots
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy