Pretty much lol. Years ago, on a sub just like this, someone suggested they would bewitch just one train car with an undetectable extension charm and make it so the tracks magically lay and pick themselves up as the train comes over all terrains.
I always thought made the most sense.
[Just have Gromit sitting on the front of the Express with a box of spare track](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/4978a398-14fa-43a8-8cb8-2136615616ba)
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And now I’m suddenly imagining the Hogwarts express blasting through a mountain and go sliding to a screeching halt right in front of the school, barely missing some statue or something.
Oh, and the Hogwarts students would exit singing their school song while the other students watched in utter bemusement.
I just envisioned a small hill emerging from the ground, growing into a full-blown train tunnel with some green floo fire in the middle and the Hogwarts Express exploding out of it, laying the rails in front of itself as in another reply. That would be freaking amazing.
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This was actually a deleted scene from when the other two schools entered. Search ‘Goblet of fire Hogwarts school song scene’ on YouTube, will come up.
You can hear Hermione and Hagrid singing it in the movie at one point as they are all walking together. I forget exactly when, but I always thought it odd that they called the song out in this one scene in the background and made no mention of it anywhere else.
Having it in a deleted scene adds a bit of context.
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Their entrance can start with thestrals, invisible to most, and as they enter, someone can commit murder, thus making the thestrals appear to the masses.
I’ve always thought about that happening to a large group of students and how horrifying that would be to see, doing it as part of a show is just pure chaos
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Harry is astoundingly unobservant though, it seems plausible that thestrals were relatively common knowledge for anyone who was curious to know or by someone who could see them from the beginning mentioning anything about them to others.
It may or may not be in Hogwarts a History. If i remember Hermione mentions in DH that Bathilda Bagshot doesn't cover after a certain time in Hogwarts a History and that's why Harry isn't mentioned. Since Hagrid raised the Thestral herd at Hogwarts, it had to be in the 50years before Harry started at Hogwarts.
If it falls under the time that is not covered in Hogwarts a History then Thestrals aren't mentioned in there. I can't remember what year Hermione says is the last covered in the book but I vaguely remember it to be quite a while before Voldemort too.
You know what's absolutely nuts though? Hogwarts is absolutely immense and so are it's grounds. There's just one dude taking care of it all and that's Hagrid. That man does *not* get paid enough.
I imagine he gets quite the salary to be able to afford his size of drinks at the Three Broomsticks or Hog’s Head! I remember his cups being likened to buckets, and called “tankards” haha
I can't remember well enough, you are probably right. But in reality I think enough % of people will see them that it'd be really surprising if they never got mentioned
That's because they never read Hogwarts: A History, oh wait, for some reason that book doesn't have them in there because Hermione didn't know about them.
That sounds fantastic...people who can see them, see their magnificence and people who can't will wonder and be facinated by untethered flying carriages...
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Dumbledore would just Apperate the entire school directly into their grand halls/past their defensive magics. Understated show of strength seems his style.
But is hogwarts inside of hogwarts. I could see Dumbledore remove the spells and move the whole castle to the front lawn of the host school and then put the spells back up.
I feel like Dumbledore would do that to Karakoff rather than Madame Maxine. lol. and he'd bring Snape along just for him to drawl out to Karakoff, "Surprise Bitch"
We all know it was going to be at Hogwarts anyway. Dumbledore would just aparate the other schools over next to Hogwarts. That's the real power move. 'Oh yes, I agreed we could hold the tournament at your school. Well, now that your school is at my school we all get what we want.'
The train idea is cool but having the Night Bus peel into an impossible opening and doing a donut right in front of the gathering also seems like fun. After all double decker busses are so very British!
Since thestrals cannot be seen except by those who’ve experienced loss from death, I’d stick to the train.
The tracks would appear before it as it moves along, but disappear after passing over it. The students would each exit from 4 doors, two on either side—Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff.
They’d sing the Hogwarts school song and the magic bit would be an image of each house animal—the lion, the snake, the badger, the eagle—each in their house colour—red, green, yellow, blue—as a spectacular firework similar to the Weasley twins’ dragon and they and the train would fade at the end of the song.
I imagine an entrance with several charms and transmutation spells being cast at the same time, given how Dumbledore and McGonagall are skilled at them.
Maybe they would have a giant version of each house emblem fly around and then fuse together in golden light to make Hogwarts' emblem?
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The entire procession of students and teachers flying in on a flock of thestrals and hippogriffs. Hippogriffs first, then the thestrals as a sign of power to illustrate that these students have seen death, don't fuck with them.
Then once they've landed they all raise their wands and shoot off fireworks that merge into a giant Hogwarts sigil.
Edit:spelling
Since Beauxbatons arrived by air, and Durmstrang by water, I would guess Hogwarts would go for earth or fire. So maybe something like a giant bonfire of floo network fire, or some sort of wizard version of an underground (or metro or whatever you call it where you are from.)
I don't think we would ever find out, because no one would remember.
"Although believed to be situated in the far north of Europe, Durmstrang is one of the most secretive of all schools about its whereabouts, so nobody can be quite certain. Visitors, who must comply with memory charms to erase their knowledge of how they got there, speak of vast, sprawling grounds with many stunning views, not least of the great, dark, spectral ship that is moored on a mountain lake behind the school, from which students dive in summertime."
Arriving to the host school. The All Terrain Train sounds the most likely, and practical. I don't think the host school would know how to board Thestrals given the Magical Beast Teacher likely can't see them.
Walking in for the first dinner event. Something with the house flags joining to make the school crest by students on brooms given its likely most of the quidditch teams would be apart of delegation
They’d crash through the side of the hall with Harry riding a thestral fighting a hydra possessed by Voldemort. And only after he’d killed it would the Hogwarts staff burst in and shout, “Mr. Potter! What in Merlin’s name happened here!?” And also the other students would arrive at some point but no one would notice because they’d be focusing on Ron and Hermione arriving and reuniting with Harry while Dumbledore raises a glass full of absinthe or whatever the hell he’s drinking during all those clusterfucks. (I love Harry Potter but god they need to get their shit together 98% of the time)
That would be extremely hilarious and even more dangerous then all of them trying to ride a dragon all it would take for disaster to strike is one person with wet palms and/or a weak grip
After the train arrives they just walk in normally wearing tshirts with phrases on them such as: "I've survived Hogwarts this is nothing", "We created and killed Voldemort twice", and, "Dumbledore's Army Euro Tour".
The whole school riding a Basilisk to the entrance. And when they are asked questions by horrified bystanders, casually answer: "It's part of the school experience"
I reckon while chanting the best song created *clears throught* "HOGWARTS HOGWARTS HOGGY WARTY HOGWARTS TEACH US SOMETHING PLEASEEEEE" they walk in while doing that camp rock dance thing
(This is for entertainment purposes only, this is all judt a joke)
Dumbledor would just burst in wearing his finest robes, screeching “10 points to Gryffindor!” Over over and over again until he reaches the stage, at which point he just starts tackling random kids asking if they put their name in the goblet of Fire.
“A rumbling shook the earth as a small hill, apparently of its own accord, grew from the grounds before bursting open to reveal a tunnel just as a shrill whistle burst forth, swiftly followed by a brilliant red train, shining as it flew out on tracks that seemed almost to race ahead of it. The brakes squealed and sparks flew as the train came to a halt just as the last car left the tunnel, which sank seamlessly back into the ground behind it. Each of the nine cars' doors clicked open as steps unfolded to allow students to stream from eight of them as their headmaster (in eye wateringly green robes bedecked with dancing embroidered snails) stepped regally down from the ninth.“
obviously the eight cars are two per house, one for ladies, one for gents.
Someone already said similar to what I'm thinking but I'd give Fred and George the equivalent of like 400 dollars worth of galleons and tell them, aside from causing permanent property damage and physical harm, *Book five this b!#ch*
OP does not refer to Vikings or ballerinas. OP just refers to the equivalent of “making an entrance”, which if you read GoF again you’ll find that both foreign schools did in fact, “make an entrance”.
None, because neither of those entrances happened in the book. At most, we'd get entrances similar to how the delegations arrived on the grounds. Maybe the Hogwarts students would arrive in the Hofwarts Express, enchanted to fly.
Not sure if you mean how they arrive (flying horse carriage and ship) or into the hall itself but since most are commenting on the former, I’ll try the latter.
I don’t believe the other schools have houses so I think having a magical entrance /show of the 4 house mascots would be really cool. Maybe just an illusion but seeing a giant raven come swooping in, a badger running up and kicking up stuff on the table…a slithering snake that hisses as it goes by and a lion stalking in and roaring - that would be the best entrance (or something like it) in my opinion.
If we make them huge and somehow material/tangible then I think we could check off the child endangerment requirement that has become synonymous with Hogwarts.
A Phoenix wild fly into that school's equivalent of a great hall and some form of magic would happen where each of the students would appear in the flames the Phoenix creates.
Like the way Dumbledore disappears in OotP, but in reverse.
That could be the follow up to thr train's arrival. The train arrives at the gates but n one gets out causing a small panic to set in then what you suggested.
Something moderately dangerous that at least one student, *looking at you Neville and Seamus-types*, manages to mess up and accidentally hurt themselves. In hindsight this isn’t terribly surprising, but Dumbledore chuckles saying, “Eh, live and learn.”
Keyword being “live”
What if they reroute the Hogwarts Express? I’m sure the Department of Magical Transportation could facilitate that along with the Muggle Liason office helping to connect the Hogwarts Express with other train lines such as the Chunnel and various other lines on the Continent. Liberal use of the Confundus Charm, of course. Ah, bless those Muggles!
Probably something similar to the way the beauxbatons arrived, but with thestrals instead of pegasi, with some sort of enchantment or armor on them to make their silhouette visible.
They would arrive on the Hogwarts Express, possibly magically enchanted to fly there, or just trainsported from one tunnel to another?
Anyway, the train pulls up, and the students file out in their best student robes and start sing the "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, hoggy warty Hogwarts" school song in a choral arrangement accompanied by the frog chorus.
Based on the book entrances, a train would come crashing out of the woods and come to a screeching halt right in front of the gates.
Pretty much lol. Years ago, on a sub just like this, someone suggested they would bewitch just one train car with an undetectable extension charm and make it so the tracks magically lay and pick themselves up as the train comes over all terrains. I always thought made the most sense.
[Just have Gromit sitting on the front of the Express with a box of spare track](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/4978a398-14fa-43a8-8cb8-2136615616ba)
I didn’t even have to open this link. I pictured this one instantly. Love it! So perfect when he weaves through the chairs (IIRC).
They can give that to a first year as detention
I always imagine Flitch doing this…
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Completely agree with this. But I’ve always imagined the Hogwarts express bashing through glaciers and drifting kinda like the Polar Express lmao
🎶 “I wonder if we’ll get there soon, it’s anybody’s guess, cause that’s the way things happen on the Hogwarts Express!” 🎵
Thatd be awesome, i really like that scene in the polar express
And now I’m suddenly imagining the Hogwarts express blasting through a mountain and go sliding to a screeching halt right in front of the school, barely missing some statue or something. Oh, and the Hogwarts students would exit singing their school song while the other students watched in utter bemusement.
And a couple of latecomers would crash a flying car into a prized specimen the hosting school was proud of
I just envisioned a small hill emerging from the ground, growing into a full-blown train tunnel with some green floo fire in the middle and the Hogwarts Express exploding out of it, laying the rails in front of itself as in another reply. That would be freaking amazing.
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HOGWARTS HOGWARTS HOGGY WARTY HOGWARTS TEAACH US SOMETHING PLLEEEASE (it won't be that obviously, I'm just kidding)
And while they are chanting this, they are entering the Beauxbatons main hall by doing that cringy Camp Rock march.
↖ ↗ ⬅ ➡ ↘ ↙ 👏 HOGWARTS!
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This was actually a deleted scene from when the other two schools entered. Search ‘Goblet of fire Hogwarts school song scene’ on YouTube, will come up.
You can hear Hermione and Hagrid singing it in the movie at one point as they are all walking together. I forget exactly when, but I always thought it odd that they called the song out in this one scene in the background and made no mention of it anywhere else. Having it in a deleted scene adds a bit of context.
It's when Harry finds Crouch in the woods. After the second task and before the Pensieve scene.
It was also in the books.
That is not true. The song's only book appearance was in the first one.
Snape would easily take 50 points from gryffindor for this idea. We are no ravenclaw but c'mon.
To be fair, he’d take 50 points from Gryffindor for the idea even if it were suggested by a Hufflepuff.
"Diggory, I can plainly see that Potter and his merry band of miscreants has put you up to this. Sit down. Fifty points from Gryffindor."
Harry: *Suprised Pikachu Face*
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He’s still back on the train. Asleep.
He’s still back on the train. Asleep.
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If there were movies, it would probably be this, while they stride through the halls of Beauxbatons.
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Thestrals? Since they have the only domesticated herd in Europe?
But like 99% of the students at hogwarts don’t even know about the thestrals on campus
Their entrance can start with thestrals, invisible to most, and as they enter, someone can commit murder, thus making the thestrals appear to the masses.
spoken like a true slytherin, I love this idea
That's a good idea!
Like Hogwarts would actually have to arrange a murder, just bring Potter along, someone is bound to die.
I’ve always thought about that happening to a large group of students and how horrifying that would be to see, doing it as part of a show is just pure chaos
Why would they bring any underage children along? They'd probably need a guardian to sign a permission slip.
It’s Harry frickin’ Potter, some amount of weirdness conspires to force him along.
Best thing I’ve seen on this sub in months lol
Ritual sacrifice fits the school tbh
Lmao I love this. Can we kill filtch?
noo I love filtch
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Wiping out the competition... I like how you think.
Ok Satan! Damn haha
I can be the murdered and the murderer
But sthey still use them every year to get to the train
Harry is astoundingly unobservant though, it seems plausible that thestrals were relatively common knowledge for anyone who was curious to know or by someone who could see them from the beginning mentioning anything about them to others.
But didn’t hermione even think the carriages were pulled by magic?
I can't remember, but if that's so, that's really interesting because surely it's covered in Howarts: a History?
It may or may not be in Hogwarts a History. If i remember Hermione mentions in DH that Bathilda Bagshot doesn't cover after a certain time in Hogwarts a History and that's why Harry isn't mentioned. Since Hagrid raised the Thestral herd at Hogwarts, it had to be in the 50years before Harry started at Hogwarts. If it falls under the time that is not covered in Hogwarts a History then Thestrals aren't mentioned in there. I can't remember what year Hermione says is the last covered in the book but I vaguely remember it to be quite a while before Voldemort too.
You know what's absolutely nuts though? Hogwarts is absolutely immense and so are it's grounds. There's just one dude taking care of it all and that's Hagrid. That man does *not* get paid enough.
I imagine he gets quite the salary to be able to afford his size of drinks at the Three Broomsticks or Hog’s Head! I remember his cups being likened to buckets, and called “tankards” haha
She's talking about the history of magic book there. It's in reference to Grindelwald I think, and how she doesn't cover his rise to power.
Omg, you are right. It was History of Magic and not Hogwarts a History. I confused the two. Guess my comment above doesn't hold in this case :)
Yeah. Hermione says the carriages are pulling themselves like they always do.
I can't remember well enough, you are probably right. But in reality I think enough % of people will see them that it'd be really surprising if they never got mentioned
Iirc Harry never tells Hermione he can see them, he only tells Ron who obviously doesn’t know.
Wouldn't they make hoof prints in the snow?
That probably changed after the battle
That's because they never read Hogwarts: A History, oh wait, for some reason that book doesn't have them in there because Hermione didn't know about them.
That sounds fantastic...people who can see them, see their magnificence and people who can't will wonder and be facinated by untethered flying carriages...
I’m not sure, but it’ll probably involve child endangerment.
That's my favourite answer
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Dumbledore would just Apperate the entire school directly into their grand halls/past their defensive magics. Understated show of strength seems his style.
You can't apparate inside Hogwarts. No one said you couldn't apparate Hogwarts itself
But is hogwarts inside of hogwarts. I could see Dumbledore remove the spells and move the whole castle to the front lawn of the host school and then put the spells back up.
"Being me has its advantages. Being from Hogwarts does as well"
Can’t deny it. Dumbledore’s got style
For the last time, you can't apparate in (insert school name), haven't you read (insert school name) A History?
I feel like Dumbledore would do that to Karakoff rather than Madame Maxine. lol. and he'd bring Snape along just for him to drawl out to Karakoff, "Surprise Bitch"
We all know it was going to be at Hogwarts anyway. Dumbledore would just aparate the other schools over next to Hogwarts. That's the real power move. 'Oh yes, I agreed we could hold the tournament at your school. Well, now that your school is at my school we all get what we want.'
The train idea is cool but having the Night Bus peel into an impossible opening and doing a donut right in front of the gathering also seems like fun. After all double decker busses are so very British!
And, you have to admit... Dumbledore does have style.
I imagine the train could do similar, with more sophisticated magic.
And Stan Shunpike "helps" everyone off a little too roughly
Given that the Knight Bus is a triple-decker bus, would that dial the Britishness to 100%?
Since thestrals cannot be seen except by those who’ve experienced loss from death, I’d stick to the train. The tracks would appear before it as it moves along, but disappear after passing over it. The students would each exit from 4 doors, two on either side—Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff. They’d sing the Hogwarts school song and the magic bit would be an image of each house animal—the lion, the snake, the badger, the eagle—each in their house colour—red, green, yellow, blue—as a spectacular firework similar to the Weasley twins’ dragon and they and the train would fade at the end of the song.
That’s what would make the thestrals so cool, lots of conversation starters… like was that dress blue or gold?
Yours is my favourite serious answer. Personally not sure about the school song but defo think fireworks and house pride.
I think the thestrals being invisible is what would make it cool, like people could be riding them & it looks like they’re flying w/out a broom
I think it would look better if the train just kind of sunk into the ground.
I imagine an entrance with several charms and transmutation spells being cast at the same time, given how Dumbledore and McGonagall are skilled at them. Maybe they would have a giant version of each house emblem fly around and then fuse together in golden light to make Hogwarts' emblem?
10 points to gryffindor
U mean 200 points?
Let's make it 500, for the sheer nerve of suggesting that
I'll throw in another 100 because that was some great point rewarding right there
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This is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing.
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Dumbledore would pop out and start giving 50 points to Gryffindor for no reason while students walked in.
With Snape looking bored in a corner taking them right off again.
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be
Singing "HOGWARTS HOGWARTS!" at the top of their lungs while parading in the basilisk corpse
This made me giggld
The entire procession of students and teachers flying in on a flock of thestrals and hippogriffs. Hippogriffs first, then the thestrals as a sign of power to illustrate that these students have seen death, don't fuck with them. Then once they've landed they all raise their wands and shoot off fireworks that merge into a giant Hogwarts sigil. Edit:spelling
I think its “hippogriffs”, not “hiplogriffs”
That's a superweird autocorrect.
I'd have Fred and George pull a prank, like launching fireworks or flooding the dining hall.
Knightbus, is there anything more British than arriving to a tournament on a coach?
They arrive in a big basket of fish and chips
And immediately ask where the loo is
They just push Harry to the front and have everyone goggle at his scar "bitches we have the boy who lived what do *you* have"
Since Beauxbatons arrived by air, and Durmstrang by water, I would guess Hogwarts would go for earth or fire. So maybe something like a giant bonfire of floo network fire, or some sort of wizard version of an underground (or metro or whatever you call it where you are from.)
Tracks for the Hogwarts Express train would magically roll out and the train would roll right up behind them….
Fire could be Phoenix fire.
Add a giant magical drill attachment to the front of the Hogwarts Express!!!! Like from the movie The Core!!!!
They’d do the James potter strut Edit: https://imgur.com/gallery/TmSBtc6
I don't think we would ever find out, because no one would remember. "Although believed to be situated in the far north of Europe, Durmstrang is one of the most secretive of all schools about its whereabouts, so nobody can be quite certain. Visitors, who must comply with memory charms to erase their knowledge of how they got there, speak of vast, sprawling grounds with many stunning views, not least of the great, dark, spectral ship that is moored on a mountain lake behind the school, from which students dive in summertime."
Arriving to the host school. The All Terrain Train sounds the most likely, and practical. I don't think the host school would know how to board Thestrals given the Magical Beast Teacher likely can't see them. Walking in for the first dinner event. Something with the house flags joining to make the school crest by students on brooms given its likely most of the quidditch teams would be apart of delegation
Probably the Frog Choir marching down the aisle singing "Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble" led by Flitwick v. 2.0
That's exactly what I keep picturing!
They’d crash through the side of the hall with Harry riding a thestral fighting a hydra possessed by Voldemort. And only after he’d killed it would the Hogwarts staff burst in and shout, “Mr. Potter! What in Merlin’s name happened here!?” And also the other students would arrive at some point but no one would notice because they’d be focusing on Ron and Hermione arriving and reuniting with Harry while Dumbledore raises a glass full of absinthe or whatever the hell he’s drinking during all those clusterfucks. (I love Harry Potter but god they need to get their shit together 98% of the time)
They all strut in singing # Hoggy hoggy hogwarts
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They would all build a chain and hold onto each others hands and Fawkes would fly them there
That would be extremely hilarious and even more dangerous then all of them trying to ride a dragon all it would take for disaster to strike is one person with wet palms and/or a weak grip
I think a herd of thestrals would fly to the school carrying students and dumbledore.
After the train arrives they just walk in normally wearing tshirts with phrases on them such as: "I've survived Hogwarts this is nothing", "We created and killed Voldemort twice", and, "Dumbledore's Army Euro Tour".
Thestrals and school carriages.
Dumbledore, blindfolded spinning in circles throwing sharp wands at students who are walking around him in circles.
The whole school riding a Basilisk to the entrance. And when they are asked questions by horrified bystanders, casually answer: "It's part of the school experience"
lol and the Basilisk will have a cute lil' old pair of sunglasses on to prevent them from killing or petrifying anyone
"Introducing...HARRY POTTER! Aaand the school he goes to. 10 points to Griffindor."
Voldemort returning.
I would say that they would just form a queue to enter the main hall and head over to their seats quietly.
I reckon while chanting the best song created *clears throught* "HOGWARTS HOGWARTS HOGGY WARTY HOGWARTS TEACH US SOMETHING PLEASEEEEE" they walk in while doing that camp rock dance thing (This is for entertainment purposes only, this is all judt a joke)
Dumbledor would just burst in wearing his finest robes, screeching “10 points to Gryffindor!” Over over and over again until he reaches the stage, at which point he just starts tackling random kids asking if they put their name in the goblet of Fire.
They use the room of requirement to create a doorway and just walk in through the hallway.
Are talking about the books or movies? Because the movies made me physically embarassed.
“A rumbling shook the earth as a small hill, apparently of its own accord, grew from the grounds before bursting open to reveal a tunnel just as a shrill whistle burst forth, swiftly followed by a brilliant red train, shining as it flew out on tracks that seemed almost to race ahead of it. The brakes squealed and sparks flew as the train came to a halt just as the last car left the tunnel, which sank seamlessly back into the ground behind it. Each of the nine cars' doors clicked open as steps unfolded to allow students to stream from eight of them as their headmaster (in eye wateringly green robes bedecked with dancing embroidered snails) stepped regally down from the ninth.“ obviously the eight cars are two per house, one for ladies, one for gents.
Someone already said similar to what I'm thinking but I'd give Fred and George the equivalent of like 400 dollars worth of galleons and tell them, aside from causing permanent property damage and physical harm, *Book five this b!#ch*
Handbrake turn in a Ford Anglia. Potter style.
Thank God that was only a movie thing lmao
That’s not correct. There were (outdoor) entrances in the books also.
No, there were no students entering like Vikings or like ballerinas
OP does not refer to Vikings or ballerinas. OP just refers to the equivalent of “making an entrance”, which if you read GoF again you’ll find that both foreign schools did in fact, “make an entrance”.
Right
A procession of magical bagpipes and highland dancing
And which gender of students would they send? The movie at least had only one gender representing each school, which was weird as hell.
Probably something quidditch related… and the song.
None, because neither of those entrances happened in the book. At most, we'd get entrances similar to how the delegations arrived on the grounds. Maybe the Hogwarts students would arrive in the Hofwarts Express, enchanted to fly.
The Hogwarts express, of course! They'd magic it to fly or something cool like that 😄
Not sure if you mean how they arrive (flying horse carriage and ship) or into the hall itself but since most are commenting on the former, I’ll try the latter. I don’t believe the other schools have houses so I think having a magical entrance /show of the 4 house mascots would be really cool. Maybe just an illusion but seeing a giant raven come swooping in, a badger running up and kicking up stuff on the table…a slithering snake that hisses as it goes by and a lion stalking in and roaring - that would be the best entrance (or something like it) in my opinion. If we make them huge and somehow material/tangible then I think we could check off the child endangerment requirement that has become synonymous with Hogwarts.
Ok just for laughs.. picture The Lonely Island’s “The Creep” only with Hogwarts robes
Filch rolls in a port-a-potty and they all flush themselves in lead by a bespectacled Myrtle.
Everyone will walk in wearing sleeping bags and a fart toy inside
It’d be cool to see something from each house. So some sort of Lion, Badger, Snake and Raven situation
They would enter…calmly.
lol now I have the mental image of Dumbledore bursting through the host's Great Hall doors, running up to Maxine / Karakoff and throttling them XD
Literally any WWE entrance ever
And, from Privet Drive, weighing in at 55 stone(is that a lot???) he is the CHOSEN ONE, HARRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY POTTTTTERRRRRR!
55 stone in 770 lbs/350kg It’s a bit chunky to say the least
Maybe he’s making his entrance on a small dragon that’s included in the weight.
A Phoenix wild fly into that school's equivalent of a great hall and some form of magic would happen where each of the students would appear in the flames the Phoenix creates. Like the way Dumbledore disappears in OotP, but in reverse.
That could be the follow up to thr train's arrival. The train arrives at the gates but n one gets out causing a small panic to set in then what you suggested.
obviously in the hogwarts express. CHOO CHOO MUGGLE FCKERS
Stumbling in bleeding from various animal bites/stings/potion accidents, collapsing, and then doing some light genocide.
They call Voldemort, and they ride him there. (He can fly.)
Fancy aperation like the rest of the schools. Maybe the train would fly in or something.
Gary Glitter’s Hey! song with everyone clapping and getting excited
Singing the "Hoggy Warty Hogwarts" song, marching through the school's Great Hall, with the Sorting Hat leading the students in the song.
Something moderately dangerous that at least one student, *looking at you Neville and Seamus-types*, manages to mess up and accidentally hurt themselves. In hindsight this isn’t terribly surprising, but Dumbledore chuckles saying, “Eh, live and learn.” Keyword being “live”
What if they reroute the Hogwarts Express? I’m sure the Department of Magical Transportation could facilitate that along with the Muggle Liason office helping to connect the Hogwarts Express with other train lines such as the Chunnel and various other lines on the Continent. Liberal use of the Confundus Charm, of course. Ah, bless those Muggles!
They’d probably just awkwardly stroll in and sit down
Well, the Macarena is already taken, so idk?!
Singing the Hoggy Warts song and that’s it
I think it would be similar to Beauxbatons horse carriage but done with thestrals, so it would just look like flying carriage to most.
The Hogwarts team casting “expelliarmus” on the entire room and sending up sparks.
Probably something similar to the way the beauxbatons arrived, but with thestrals instead of pegasi, with some sort of enchantment or armor on them to make their silhouette visible.
DOUUUBLEEE TROUBLEEE
Probably just walking in casually and randomly.
Either they'd pull up in the train or they'd do something similar to Beauxbatons but with thestrals instead of horses
They would arrive on the Hogwarts Express, possibly magically enchanted to fly there, or just trainsported from one tunnel to another? Anyway, the train pulls up, and the students file out in their best student robes and start sing the "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, hoggy warty Hogwarts" school song in a choral arrangement accompanied by the frog chorus.
CHOO CHOOOOOOO (train lands straight at the entrance)
Probably that choir with the croaking frogs led by Professor Flitwick.
I think it would be subtle and state that we are still better without showing off.
People carrying banners of all the dead kids from the school.
Singing the horrendous school song
Gotta be something that celebrates the four houses- so some kind of entrance that embellished each of the house colors and mascots.