replicate more than one page in a section

Hi

Option 1: 

Purpose of 'Activation Tree' is for bulk content activation.

Why do you not want to use it ? what is the limitation of using 'Activation Tree' ?

Option 2

You can create content packages and deploy these. But remember, with content packages you don't get the replication history and you can't deactivate individual pages.

Option 3

Write Workflows that Activate content:

http://adobeaemclub.com/scheduled-activation-workflows/

I hope this would be helpful to you.

Thanks and Regards

Kautuk Sahni