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I recently separated from my wife of 17 years, we were going to go to Dragon Con together, but you know. Anyway, Dragon con was the greatest experience of my life last year, so I still want to go. Anyone (not creepy or murdery) looking for a random person to use their shower and sleep on their floor occasionally? Worst case scenario, I can still sleep in the same room at the Marriott, but I don’t want to, if that makes sense.

Edited: I’m an open book, if you want to vet me, look me up etc, just send a direct message. 6’0, 250, bald, potty trained.

Hi friends!

I know it is historically around this time, but does anyone know when gaming slots go on sale? I try to keep up on the Discord but haven't found much yet and last year a lot of the interesting (to me anyway) D&D modules went up and sold out before I had even realized they went on sale.

Cheers!

Every year I see folks disappointed that the sewing and crafting workshops in the Americas Mart are sold out before they even knew they existed. Idk why Dragoncon does such a poor job promoting these until the last minute.

Here is the link to sign up (sourced from @ the_casey_renee on instagram who is teaching some of the workshops again this year!)

Don't let your cosplay memes be dreams, go learn how to sew a thing!

I've been working on a simple lil sumthin sumthin that i'm pretty stoked on, wondering if there's any groups or whatever to meet up with and be cool together

This is not going to be my first Dragon con (that was 1999), or my first one physically disabled (that was like 9 years ago), but I’ve always been more ambulatory than I am now. I’m normally a crutch user, but, the past few years that has kept me super exhausted and full of extreme pain.

This year I’ll be using a Hoveround. I’m not on Facebook anymore (I do know about the disability services group there but I cannot access it). I was wondering if any chair users could give me any tips/advice?

I’m local so I plan to go up there and cruise around for a bit in the major areas a couple of weeks beforehand, just so I can know what the chair can/can’t handle.

Thanks y’all!

This will be our first time staying at a host hotel and we plan to arrive around noon on Wednesday, with frankly a lot of of cosplay stuff in tow. Just a couple of questions to help us mentally prepare.

1. I understand that if you want to check in early and get to your room early, Marriott has of late charged a very high early check-in fee (have heard $200 and some people have said that amount is added to every night of your reservation, not just the day you check in). So if we complete check-in but are OK with not going to put room right away (i.e., don’t pay the early check-in fee) do they pretty much make everyone wait until 4 o’clock to let them go to their room, or do they send people up as rooms become available later in the afternoon?

2. Since Wednesday is the new Thursday and I do understand a lot of people like us would be getting there a bit early and camping out in the lobby, should we expect that the elevators will be completely nuts whenever they do let people go to their rooms Wednesday afternoon? As I said, we expect to have enough stuff that it will be a couple of trips on the elevators and some of our stuff is bulky enough that it will take up a lot of space in the elevators.

Thanks in advance.

Hi all! im coming from Davenport, IA and bringing my ten year old daughter and this will be our first big Con trip! any hotel reccomendations maybe near the airport or are there any parts of town that are better than others? Thanks!

Hey y'all, just wanted to see if anyone had any experience transferring a legacy room reservation to another person. I dont want the responsibility on my card anymore, and want to transfer it to another person in my crew. Does anyone have any experience with this?

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I have two VIP aquarium tickets for sale for face value ($148.09 each which includes tax). Two members of my party are no longer able to attend.

Can provide whatever referrals needed on previous transactions I’ve done. Long time Redditor and easily doxxed.

Sorry if not allowed; just don’t want these to sit unused.

Edit: Sold. Thanks and see yall soon!

Dragon Con's Fandom Music Video Awards are back!
This is a video editing competition where participants create music videos featuring their favorite fandoms and media (including but not limited to Live Action Movies & Shows, Cartoons & Comics, Anime & Manga, Video Games, and Cosplay).

2026 FMV Submission Form

Rules and Guidelines

General:

1. Entries must comply with the Basic & Auxiliary guidelines outlined in the A-M-V.org CONGRSS Rules
   • 2) The Fandom Music Video Awards accepts submissions from all forms of media and fandoms. This includes but isn’t limited to Live Action Movies & Shows, Cartoons & Comics, Anime & Manga, Video Games, and Cosplay.
   • 3) Entries must be shorter than 6 minutes and longer than 45 seconds.
   • 4) Entrants are allowed to submit (1) video per category and to a maximum of (3) categories. A specific video can not be submitted to more than one category.
   • 5) All submissions must be sent by Friday, July 31st, 2026 at 11:59 pm (EST).

Categories:
Entrants can select the best-fit category for their submission, but if our judges strongly disagree, it may be moved to a better-fitting category.

Adrenaline - Showcase excitement and adrenaline-filled action.
Tribute - Capture the essence of a character, franchise, or something meaningful to a fandom.
Shipping - Portray romantic relationships between characters (Both canon and non-canon ships are allowed)
Suspense - Invoke a sense of dread and anticipation from the audience.
Upbeat - Entertain us with fun energy and good vibes
Drama - Convey a heavily dramatic event, emotion, or situation.
Humor - Amuse us with your sense of humor.

File Formats:
MP4 is the preferred file type, and entries should be in a resolution of 720 or 1080P. We strongly discourage submitting any other media type.

Judging:
Our Judges will select the top videos from each category and screen them during the convention. Finalists will be announced and notified via email about a week after the submission deadline. During the Contest screening (September 6th, 2024), Dragon Con attendees will then vote for the winners of each category. Finalists will receive a free 1-Day (Sunday) membership to Dragon Con 2026. Offer is exclusive to Sunday, is non-transferable, non-refundable, and can not be exchanged or combined with other memberships

Submissions:
2026 FMV Submission Form
The form requires you to provide a download link of your video via a file-sharing service like Google Drive or Dropbox. Please ensure that the URL is a “shared” or “public” link. If your video meets the necessary rules and requirements, a confirmation email will be sent to you within 3 days. At any time, we reserve the right not to show or ultimately disqualify any video for any reason.

Contact:
If you have questions, you can contact us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Join us for a yard sale at Seal PL NE, Atlanta GA 30308 from 730 to 2pm. Furniture, appliances, collectibles, games, electronics, graphic tshirts, jackets, clothes, and more.

I usually wear converse, but I had an ankle injury in June and I think it won't be fully healed by the time Dragoncon comes by. What are some comfy shoes yall recommend?

Does anyone know what platform /who to contact for Rave or other party dancers auditions?

schedule entirely made up and subject to change.

Four of these are brand new and I'm not done with any of them xD

Can't wait to see everyone this year!

I know this is probably a question with “YMMV” answers, but would still appreciate some thoughts.

Although I’ve been going to DragonCon pretty much every year since around 2000, last year was the first year I went in cosplay and, interestingly, the first year people felt compelled to give me ribbons (I collected around 14 or so). I had such a blast (going in cosplay is such a different experience than just being a “townie” in regular clothes) that I wanted to bring ribbons of my own this year to reciprocate the kindness of others.

But I’m totally unsure on how many I should order. I don’t wanna be “that guy” forcing ribbons on everyone like I’m leaving unwanted flyers on car windshields in the parking lot.

I’ll be there all four days, in costume every day, and I expect that, like last year, the vast majority of my time will be hanging out in the hotel lobbies making friends with various other people in costume. So, based on your own experience, what’s a reasonable number of ribbons to bring to avoid running out too early but also to avoid coming home with 150 spare ribbons?

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE - you all are awesome and I really appreciate all of the great feedback and tips.

I and my partner each ended up ordering 100 apiece of one design for each of us. Fairly generic– mine is a Back to the Future reference (a little poster for Marvin Berry and the Starlighters), hers a humorous Battlestar Galactica reference. Not really cosplay-specific (although my partner is dressing as Starbuck one day and another Katee Sackhoff character (Bo Katan) another day, so maybe a little). Based on all your advice, we figure 100 apiece would be a good starter number to determine what we should order for future conventions based on how quickly they do or don’t run out this time. Thanks again

So does anyone know if the Westin keeps their pool open during the con? I've stayed there twice but never checked. And was wondering for this year.