Fastest location to pick up AP

[SaintsManiac]

Just curious - could this also be done at the Disney desk located at the Dolphin Resort? My husband will need to activate his AP when we arrive in a few weeks.

You can only activate at ticket booths/guest service locations.

 

[hawaiiangal]

You can only activate at ticket booths/guest service locations.

Okay, thought that might be the case - darn. But thank you for the info!

 

[Robo]

Just curious - could this also be done at the Disney desk located at the Dolphin Resort? My husband will need to activate his AP when we arrive in a few weeks.

A good choice would be to go to Epcot's International Gateway.
There is a convenient ticket booth and Guest Relations outside that gate.

You can board a free Friendship shuttle boat to Epcot at the Swan/Dolphin dock, or walk.

 

[hawaiiangal]

A good choice would be to go to Epcot's International Gateway.
There is a convenient ticket booth and Guest Relations outside that gate.

Thanks Robo!

 

[elgerber]

The last time I did it in Disney Springs, it took a really long time. This past September, we arrived later on a Friday night. Dropped our luggage in our room at BWV, grabbed some drinks in the Bellevue Lounge and strolled over to the IG at Epcot, about 15 minutes prior to closing. It was great, there was no one in line, we enjoyed our drinks while she did her magic, and we could hear the start of Illuminations.

 

[billyjobobb]

Add me to the list for Disney Springs. We went to dinner, got the passes and wondered around when we first got into town.

 

[mamapenguin]

We activated at TTC, there was no wait. This was early August in the morning, but not super early. Maybe we were lucky.

 

[TangledHairDon'tCare]

We had a 45 minute wait at AK this past Saturday afternoon, but it was a busy holiday weekend.

 

[Babsy]

We have always found GS at IG to work well.

 

[Laura's Dad]

Would that also include a ticket upgrade? We are going in two weeks and I plan on upgrading a linked UCT 3 day pass to an AP for this trip and a longer December trip. Is this done at Guest Relations or at the ticket windows?

 

[Robo]

Would that also include a ticket upgrade? We are going in two weeks and I plan on upgrading a linked UCT 3 day pass to an AP for this trip and a longer December trip. Is this done at Guest Relations or at the ticket windows?

Any Guest Relations or ticket window.

 

[Laura's Dad]

Any Guest Relations or ticket window.

Thanks

 

[Wood Nymph]

We have been able to walk right into a park without activating our AP when we renewed it the last couple of years. We renewed our APs last month and I didn’t think we had to activate them this time. Is this a change from the past way of doing it? Or am I just remembering wrong?

 

[hopeful4fl]

We have been able to walk right into a park without activating our AP when we renewed it the last couple of years. We renewed our APs last month and I didn’t think we had to activate them this time. Is this a change from the past way of doing it? Or am I just remembering wrong?

This was our first renewal, so cannot say if it is a change, but we were turned away at the gates and had to go to the window to get our MB activated with the renewed AP. I was under the assumption it would already be linked, since the AP showed renewed online, but nope.
If your experience turns out different, please let us know. I would then at least like to know if we did something wrong and could save us time next year when we renew.

 

[choirbird]

Not to hijack the thread, but I have a 7 day ticket that I'm looking to upgrade to an AP. My flight gets in at 6 on Friday, and I have a 7:45am breakfast the next morning and plans to rope drop Epcot. Is it worth it to upgrade midday, having used one day of the ticket? My other options seem to be trying to do it at Disney Springs on arrival night (not sure how much time I'll have, and I kinda wanted to go to the Poly beach and watch fireworks there) or skipping rope drop.

 

[Upatnoon]

Not to hijack the thread, but I have a 7 day ticket that I'm looking to upgrade to an AP. My flight gets in at 6 on Friday, and I have a 7:45am breakfast the next morning and plans to rope drop Epcot. Is it worth it to upgrade midday, having used one day of the ticket? My other options seem to be trying to do it at Disney Springs on arrival night (not sure how much time I'll have, and I kinda wanted to go to the Poly beach and watch fireworks there) or skipping rope drop.

The way I understand it, you upgrade your 7 day ticket after you first use it, so I would just do it as you are leaving the parks or as convenient. Don't use up the entire ticket, however, before you do it.

For example, we bought regular tickets, went to the parks on the weekend, then upgraded to an annual pass on Monday where the weekends are blacked out (I live in Florida)

The annual pass anniversary would be the date you first used your ticket, not the day you turned it into an AP.

The ticket info thread would help you more on this.

 

[choirbird]

Fantastic, I was hoping to hear this

 

[MaryKatesMom]

We've almost always used EP IG and Robo is completely correct. I've never had a problem except once. We usually go there around Noon day of arrival and there is almost never a line BUT there is only one CM and if they are having an issue with a guest in front of you, oh boy, you are stuck.

 

[emmabelle]

TTC or Epcot IG

just don't go to Disney Springs at night, last July the CM said the wait would be an hour and a half. We luckily could upgrade the kid's passes at POR where we were staying for the night.

 

[Robo]

The way I understand it, you upgrade your 7 day ticket after you first use it...

You certainly CAN to that, but it is not necessary.
Using a ticket once before upgrading does not affect the cost or the ability to upgrade.

Don't use up the entire ticket, however, before you do it.

That's true to a certain degree.
The actual case is that a ticket can be upgraded AS LATE AS close-of-business on the same day that the ticket's last asset was used.
So, you could upgrade as you left the park on the day that you used the last "entry" on your ticket.
(If this were not the case, nobody could decide to upgrade a one-day ticket once they were in a park.)