CHAPDISC: DH33, The Prince's Tale

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 184906

zanooda wrote: 
> But so do the Weasleys - Molly (once with Arthur) always waits for
the kids outside the barrier. As a matter of fact, no parents, wizard
or muggle, are ever shown meeting their kids on the platform nine and
three quarters - only seeing them off. But, Carol, if you find it 
unbelievable that Muggles can pass through the barrier, here is
another idea: someone from the school Side-Apparates them directly to
the platform. How does it work for you :-)?
> 
> zanooda, who finds it believable either way ...
>
Carol responds:
Nope, it doesn't work for me since we never see any other Muggles on
the platform, including parents of first-years sending their kids off
to Hogwarts for the first time. The only way we see anyone get on is
by running a cart through the wall. I suppose that the parents and
Petunia could have climbed into the cart and gone charging through the
wall along with the trunk, but would they have, especially
magic-fearing, magic-hating Petunia? And the only magical person with
them is Lily, who certainly doesn't know how to side-along Apparate
before she's even attended Hogwarts.

Carol, who has yet to hear a believable explanation