Apparate into Hogwarts? (was Re: Attack on Hogwarts?)

[rebeccatrishel]

No: HPFGUIDX 107389

Steve/asianlovr2 wrote: 
> Is it really that critical that you can't Apparate within Hogwart's
> grounds, when it seem you CAN Apparate right outside the front gate.
> The only delay that causes is the time it takes to run up the
> driveway. Although, if you were a smart Death Eater, you could
> Apparate outside the front gate with your broom and fly up the
> driveway. Or you could enter through one of the many not-so-secret
> tunnels. Or all of them at once for that matter.


I get the impression that you can't Apparate to Hogsmeade Village, or 
the Hogwarts gate, or else people like Lupin wouldn't've taken the 
train to Hogwarts. Maybe it's impossible to Apparate to an 
unplottable place (and if Hogwarts is unplottable, Hogsmeade must be 
unplottable too). The "you can't Apparate into Hogswarts grounds" is 
a really important HP rule that has been followed in all the books. 
Two exceptions: Dobby apparates, and so does the Knight Bus, as I 
remember. Maybe Hogwarts will be attacked by apparating house-elves 
in buses.

--Rebecca Trishel