Apparating/Disapparating vs. Portkey

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 110446

> >>> Sherry wrote:
> > [On thestrals] Hagrid says "Course this lot don't get a lot of 
> work, its mainly just pullin' the school carraiges unless Dumbledoor 
> is takin' a long journey an' don't want to apparate--an' here's 
> another couple, look--"
> > 
> > So if we go under the assumption that Dumbledoor is using the 
> > Thestrals for long trips from Hogwarts then apparantly Apparating 
> is happening on Hogwarts ground <<<

 
> Brenda now:
> 
> Dumble-bumbly-door? Lol.
> 
> That is an excellent point. I have often wondered about this. I mean 
> you can't Apparate and Disapparate from Hogwarts ground, but you can 
> use the Portkey to get there? Remember at the end of OoP, Dumblydore 
> sends Harry back to Hogwarts with a Portkey. From Fudge's reaction 
> ...edited... Portkeys will easily transport you to Hogwarts just the
>  same.
> 
> Unless 'You can't Apparate from Hogwarts!' is another one of 'You-
> Know-Who' thing. A means to discourage people from doing it.
 

b_boymn (was asian_lovr2):

Let's not lose sight of the fact that all you have to do to Apparate
is step outside the grounds. You may not be able to apparate into or
out of the grounds, but you can from the train station or the village.

As far as Portkeys, we have only one instance of a Portkey that wasn't
controlled by Dumbledore, and that is the Tri-Wizard's Cup. However,
there is a large group of people that support the idea that the Cup
was alway a Portkey to take the winning champion to a location just
outside the maze. 

What Fake!Moody did was add another stop to the Cup. Moody's
destination was put on last, so it was used first, that took Harry and
Cedric to the graveyard. That left the original destination
unactivated, and Harry used this to get back Hogwart at a location
just outside the maze. 

All other entrances and exists by /wizards/ have been controlled by
Dumbledore. Since Dumbledore controls the protections to Hogwart's
castle and grounds, he also controls the acceptions. As an extension
of this, note that most acceptions involving wizards were related to
transport into and out of Dumbledore's office. 

Just a thought.

Steve/b_boymn