Apparition & Fidelius

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 91119

Cindy wrote:> 
> That's *exactly* how I see it...  The fidelius charm acts as a
security system.  You may know where something is, but you won't be
able to get inside unless the secret keeper tells you the secret.  In
this case,  it isn't the address.  It's that #12 is the HQ for the
Order of the Phoenix.  You have to know the complete secret...
> 
> I've often wondered if 9 3/4 was protected by a fidelius charm as
well.  Every year the students get a letter telling them term begins
Sept. 1, and that the train to Hogwards will leave at 11:00 from 9
3/4.  Anyone who sees the letter can enter, but if you don't see the
letter (like the Dursleys) you can't get by.  
>

I don't think that Platform 9 3/4 is protected by a Fidelius charm.
It's more like not a protective spell that won't let you through the
barrier if yu're a Muggle. Harry and his friends can't see the
platform until they run through a solid wall (which takes a lot of
blind faith the first time through). Uncle Vernon saw the letter and
could have read it, but he laughed when Harry told him he had to be at
Platform 9 3/4 at 11:00. He said something like: "There you are.
Platform nine. Platform ten" and went away laughing. But he picks
Harry up from the station every year and must see the witches and
wizards coming out. He just somehow shuts it out of his mind.

Carol