Dragon*Con for Beginners Tour | Host Hotels, Con ASMR, Cosplay, Hacks, Secret Food Court

Welcome back to the Pumpkin Patch and welcome to DRAGONCON!!! The worlds largest multimedia convention. DragonCon happens over Labor Day weekend in beautiful Uptown Atlanta #atlanta #atl

Ride with us today as we explore what it’s like to navigate through the actual infrastructure of this grand convention and experience.

In this video I’m going to take you through each of the HOST HOTELS to see what it’s like to navigate them. Getting from Hotel to Hotel the easiest way possible to try and help acclimate you to the madness that is Nerdy Gras.

I’ll be showing the Habitrails (aka Sky Tunnels) and how to use them to get to places. Including the DragonCon infamous “SECRET FOOD COURT”. Showing you where you’ll get your badge, showing you where to show off that awesome Cosplay you probably finished the night before Con, showing where to party at and how to get from place to place the most efficient way possible. Using the streets of Atlanta as little as possible (for those wanting to stay in the bubble or just needing an easier route).

I’ve been wanting to make a video that helps new attendees to DragonCon get around for quite some time. Maps are great but a living breathing video showing you what it will ACTUALLY be like (with people, party goers and revelry included). This is what it’s like to go through Con while Con is happening.

Also in this video, if you’re missing that #Dragoncon life, there is plenty of sounds and action included. This is the living breathing DragonCon that people gain over and miss all year long. So I think it’s safe to say there is plenty of ASMR to be had here. Hopefully you’ll enjoy reliving Sunday at DragonCon!!!

Let me know if you have any questions about what attending DragonCon is like and what you would like to see in the future. It is a crazy and hectic experience to be sure but one that doesn’t have to intimidate you. My hope is that this video makes DragonCon more accessible to all attendees. And who knows…maybe if you’ve been multiple times I showed you a short cut or a piece of info you didn’t know yet.

I’ve been attending DragonCon for the past 17 years straight so I know my way around the place. I’m constantly the one giving actual directions to people on the street and I’m hoping that this video can help you be the one people ask where to go next Labor Day.

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* = Bit of housekeeping about this video. I mention at the beginning of the video that Dragon*Con takes place in Midtown Atlanta. Some have pointed out that D*Con takes place in Downtown Atlanta instead. As someone who is not a resident of Atlanta I spoke with the hotels in the video (Sheraton, Hilton, Hyatt, Westin and Marriott) and all the management said that their hotels ( and subsequently Dragon*Con) are located in Midtown not Downtown. I am not aware of how defined or nebulous what is and isn’t Midtown vs Downtown so I used the location I was told and was requested by the host hotels. I hope this clears up any misunderstanding about the verbiage used in the video. So either I was misinformed or the urban landscape has changed and where Dragon*Con is now is called Midtown. Either way I stand by what I said because I live by the creed “Get it Right, Don’t Be Right”. I always assumed it was located in Downtown but when told otherwise I went with what was told to me by all 5 hotel. Hope that helps. Sorry for not mentioning that in the video at the beginning.

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