Questions tagged [magical-transportation]
For questions about "magical transportation"; methods of travel, teleportation or movement which are magical in origin or require magic to use. Always use in conjunction with the work tag in question.
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Could You Portkey To Other Planets in the Potterverse?
As far as I can tell from my own research and from reading official sources, there are no physical or theoretical limits on the distance a portkey can take you, unlike brooms, which seem to have a ...
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How does one ride a broom in Harry Potter films?
I was wondering, after watching the Harry Potter films several times earlier, the way the witches and wizards fly on brooms is quite impossible the way I see it.
Sitting on such a thin broom is ...
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How do people not crash into each other when using popular Floo network destinations?
In "CoS", Weasleys and Harry travel to Diagon Alley via Floo network.
Given the fact that a bunch of wizards are likely to want to visit Diagon Alley at the same time (say, when school supply lists ...
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Is there an upper height limit to magical flight in Harry Potter?
In the beginning of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter needs to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible without being intercepted by enemies. Knowing that there is a magical ...
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Is there an official way to refer to communicating by putting your head in the fire?
In books four and five, several characters communicate by sticking their head into a floo fire. This makes their head appear in the other fireplace where they can talk with whoever is there.
Is there ...
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Manga about a female worker who got dragged into another world together with this high school girl and she was just told she's not needed anymore
My phone broke and all the data is gone so I am looking for this manga. I can't remember the title but I remember the entire story.
Its description was it's all about this female worker with glasses ...
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Manga where the MC is a saint and transported to another world with another girl but is cast aside and almost killed
The protagonist of the story is transported to another world, but another girl, (who I'll name B) who always causes trouble for the MC ends up following her to wreak more havoc in her life. When ...
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If Apparation cannot be tracked, then why did it matter that The Department of Magical Transportation had been taken over?
In chapter 11 of Deathly Hallows, Lupin claims: "It’s impossible to track anyone who
Apparates, unless you grab hold of them as they disappear!". I'm not sure if this true. I was certain ...
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Teen Book series of the MC being transported to different worlds to solve the puzzle
I’ve tried to remember and search for this book series I read about 14–15 years ago.
From what I can remember, it had the main character being transported to different worlds with different ...
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How does Hagrid track Harry and the Dursleys when they try to escape the letter-sender and how does he travel during that period?
From this quote in Chapter Four-The Keeper of the Keys:
“Be grateful if yeh didn’t mention that ter anyone at Hogwarts,” he said. “I’m — er — not supposed ter do magic, strictly speakin’. I was ...
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How big is the Hogwarts Express train?
How big is the Hogwarts Express train? How big should it be so that all students fit in it?
In the books there is always someone who complains that everything is full but the Trio usually doesn't ...
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Why was a regular train used to transport students to Hogwarts?
To get to Hogwarts, the students had to:
Travel many hours by regular (seemingly non-magical, and fairly slow) train
Then get into magical conveyances in Hogsmeade.
The latter makes sense - you can'...
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Why couldn't Voldemort use a Portkey to enter Hogwarts?
Fair warning: if you haven't yet read Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, you may be spoiled.
As Hermione always said, it's impossible to penetrate Hogwarts' defenses. In Harry Potter and the ...
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Why is there no broom-flying license test for wizards?
At Hogwart students learn how to fly, but nobody check their flying abilities. Brooms can be compared to bicycles, and some countries require bicycle licensing. Why are there are no laws governing ...
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How was Hagrid supposed to bring Harry from Godric's Hollow to the Dursleys?
In chapter 1 of PS, Hagrid tells why he arrived on the motorbike.
"Hagrid," said Dumbledore, sounding relieved. "At last. And where did you get that motorbike?"
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Barring legal issues, why aren't Portkeys used more often?
Of all the modes of transportation in the Harry Potter universe, Portkeys often seem to be the best option.
They're as fast as Apparition without the age restrictions or danger of splinching or ...
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In Harry Potter, why don't werewolves Apparate to the other side of the Earth for a couple of days so that they won't transform?
From what I remember, Apparation can transport you fairly long distances. And if that's too dangerous for unskilled wizards, why don't they just set up a chain of Portkeys?
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Is there any significance to the licence plates on the Ford Anglia?
In various editions of the Harry Potter books, films, and other promotional materials, different versions of the flying Ford Anglia's license plates have been shown.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of ...
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Can Molly Weasley apparate?
The HP wikia lists Molly Weasley as a known practitioner of apparition.
Is there any specific evidence (in canon) to confirm that she actually has this ability?
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What happens if you let go of a portkey?
Does anyone know what happens if you let go while a portkey is transporting you somewhere? Is it like Apparation, where you end up splinching? Or like the Floo network, where you end up in some place ...
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Can you Apparate to a place that you haven't been to?
For instance, if a wizard has a magical photograph of a place, but has never been there physically, can he Apparate there by just focusing on the picture?
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Is the Leaky Cauldron the Only Physical Entrance/Exit For Diagon Alley?
Just as the question asks: Are there other physical entrances to/exits from Diagon Alley aside from the little yard in the back of the Leaky Cauldron? ETA to clarify the question: physical entrances.
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How does the line to Hogwarts fit in to the UK national rail network?
The southern terminus of the railway line to Hogwarts is at Kings Cross station in London, a Muggle railway station, albeit using a magical platform inaccesible to Muggles (except perhaps parents of ...
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Why did Harry end up in Knockturn Alley?
When Harry leaves the Burrow to go to Diagon Alley by Floo Powder in CoS, he ends up in Knockturn Alley. He sort-of pronounces it wrong:
‘D-Dia-gon Alley,’ he coughed.
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What forms of Muggle transport were used by the magical community?
The magical community has a bunch of ways for traveling anywhere across the world, some of which are Portkeys, Apparation, the Floo network, broomsticks and many others. However, they still picked ...
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Is the Hogwarts Express protected?
Is the train protected? Do any wizards accompany the kids in case the train is attacked?
Why didn't Voldemort simply attack the train in book five and kill everyone?
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In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, why can't the Order plant an unauthorized Portkey, if Dumbledore can with ease?
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Why in 'Deathly Hallows' was a Portkey not used in the beginning?
I remember Lupin saying, when transporting Harry in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
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What is the architecture of the Floo Network?
Muggles have 3 models of network architecture:
How is the Floo Network built? It has the ability to:
disable fireplaces, e.g. Umbridge's Hogwarts lockout
add new fireplaces at will, e.g. Borgin and ...
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How does one leave platform nine and three-quarters?
When parents send their children to Hogwarts, they walk through the walls to enter the otherwise hidden platform nine and three-quarters. Is it explicitly stated how they get out of it?
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How come the portkey at the maze didn't transport "at a prearranged time"?
In Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, when Mr. Weasley and Mr. Diggory are leading a group to the Quidditch World Cup, Mr. Weasly explains:
I believe there’s a handy wood they’re using as the ...
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How do portkeys work? [duplicate]
At the start of GoF, the portkey has a time that it is due to leave, and the implication is that it will leave at that time whether there are people touching it or not.
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How did the (magical) Orient Express cross the channel?
In Pottermore, J. K. Rowling mentioned a possible international train like the Orient Express traveling to European wizard communities. Possibly leaving London at Platform 7 1/2.
How would such a ...
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Maximum range of a Portkey?
What is the maximum range one could travel with a single Portkey? Across the world? To the moon?
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What brooms do the Weasleys own?
I know the Weasleys all use older brooms, but do we know what brooms they own?
I remember that over the summer Harry and the Weasleys all play pick up games of Quidditch in the woods near the ...
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How did they get away with making the Tri-Wizard Cup a Portkey?
I know there are many questions going on this very topic - like why the Triwizard Cup Portkey was two-way and why the Portkey didn't return Harry and Cedric to the center of the maze, where it was ...
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Who can make a portkey that goes into Hogwarts?
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire the Triwizard Cup was used as the portkey to send Harry and Cedric to the graveyard to face Voldemort. In this question it was discussed why the Triwizard Cup ...
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Why isn't entry through the floo network protected like entry through apparition?
In Half Blood Prince Dumbledore said that apparating inside a house is rude, and usually wizards will have protection in place to prevent unwanted guests entering this way:
"Professor, why couldn'...
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Searching for the title of a Fantasy book series from the 1980's [duplicate]
I am trying to remember the name of a Fantasy series from the 1980's. It contained at least 7 novels.
I remember it was about a magic bottle that was entered by use of the ring. Each novel, whilst a ...
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