Activating AP at international Gateway

[perpetualplanner]

Last year we stayed at the Poly and activated our AP's at the Magic Kingdom. This year we are staying at the BWI and our first plan is lunch in EPCOT. Can we activate our AP's at the international gateway entrance or do we have to go around (how would we do this?) to the "main" entrance??? OR can we activate them at the airport in the Disney Store (I read that the Disney Store is no longer going to carry AP's)??

Thanks for any info.

Sharon

OOH - also my boys are now requesting what character they have on their AP's - does anyone do this?? I don't want to be a pain when I'm activating them but last year my oldest DS had to get a new pass (his quit working) and he went from Goofy to Minnie. Needless to say he was NOT happy about it. If you can request does anyone know what all the options are??

 

[Leota]

Yes you can activate at the International Gateway - I've done it several times. It tends to be a bit slow as they usually only have 2 booths open, if not just one.

As far as requesting a certain Character. I was told No Dice. That was at Guest Relations in DTD near Once Upon a Toy. You might have better luck. (I got stuck with Minnie too, no offense to Minnie, but I'm more of a Mickey Gal)
It doesn't hurt to ask.

 

[perpetualplanner]

Thank you Leota. Now I have one less thing to worry about. I'll try asking - maybe if they are slow they won't have a problem with it. If nothing else maybe I can just see what the next 4 are and have them done in a certain order so at least no boy has a girl character (heaven forbid).

 

[SnackyStacky]

You can try asking, but the admission stock is inside of the machines, I believe - and they don't have a way of opening it up.

If you get stuck with a character you don't like, you could tell Guest Relations, at a later time, you lost it, and get a new one.