[Flying Mullet]

Oooh, can we have five teenagers that were transported from an amusement park into a strange magical world and every week they go on an adventure to find the magic portal that will warp them home but they always just miss getting into the portal?

EDIT: Seriously though, how old is this world? Are the inhabitants the ancient ancestors of Daniel, his friends, the lost elves, etc... or is the world brand new and everyone has just warped here. Because if everyone just warped here then religious theories would be more of how they got there in relation to their old worlds, whereas if the races have been there for a while then the religions and thories will focus on how their ancestors came to the world in relation to this world, if that makes sense.