Why the Knight Bus?

[dowen331]

No: HPFGUIDX 45767

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Susan Miller" <smiller_92407 at y...> wrote:
> Presumably, all adult wizards can apparate. Or is this something 
that 
> is only available to those who can prove skill and qualify for a 
> license? Well, that is maybe the subject of another post.  Anyway, 
> assuming that all adults can apparate, you would think that they 
> could apparate to any destination that the bus could go, even if it 
> might take several hops. And it would seem to me that apparating to 
a 
> destination would be quicker than going by bus. Otherwise, there is 
> Floo powder, broomsticks, and even magic motorcycles, not to 
mention 
> the train.
<snip>
> ~ Constance Vigilance

One other aspect of apparation:  Having just caught up on reading old 
JKR interviews, I read in one of them that apparation is regulated by 
the MOM, and that anytime a wizard apparates the MOM knows about it.  
(This is how they keep wizards from apparating into bank vaults, 
etc.)  It seems that many wizards may want to travel from place to 
place without being under Big Brother's eye all the time, so the 
Knight Bus is a more anonymous way to travel.

Deb331 (who, after all the discussion of robes, is wondering what to 
do with the Harry Potter costume she just made for her son--a lovely 
black hooded gown, but probably not historically accurate! :-))