Getting to Hogwarts

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 105547

I (Carol) wrote:
 
What I wonder is how the pureblood kids get their trunks to and from
King's Cross Station. Even if they're old enough to apparate, you
can't apparate with a trunk (and in many cases, a pet as well). I
don't think you can get to King's Cross using Floo Powder, either, as
there aren't any fireplaces there even if you could "Floo" with a
trunk. 

And you can't ride a broom in broad daylight with a trunk hanging from
it without calling attention to yourself (the escort at the beginning
of OoP strikes me as one of the most improbable scenes
in any of the books)
 
Melissa responded:
> Oh I dunno. . if you fly high enough on a moonless night you might
not call any attention to yourself.  As long as you stayed out of
major flight paths.

Carol again: 
But these kids have trunks, and in some cases, pets. Also first-years
aren't allowed broomsticks, and we don't see the parents' broomsticks.
Most if not all of them disapparate asfter the kids are on the
Hogwarts Express. We don't hear anything about authorized portkeys
(though maybe that's because Harry hasn't used one) and I doubt that
Kings Cross is connected to the Floo Network. And are all those
pureblood parents, even the Malfoys, trying to masquerade as Muggles?
If they dress like Snape, or even like Fudge, with his green bowler
hat and pinstriped cloak, they'll call attention to themselves.

Carol, who should probably just willingly suspend her disbelief and
stop worrying about details