The Pandemic Diaries - Dragon Con

Me at Dragon Con 2019

Everything is canceled this year. From school to concerts to conventions. And just today Dragon Con announced that there would be no Dragon Con this year. Now, they did say that there will be some virtual con things going on, but obviously it's just not the same.

I love Dragon Con - I've blogged about it quite a lot over the years, though I didn't ever get around to blogging about last year's con. Maybe I'll do that come Labor Day weekend as a tribute to the best con that isn't happening.

Honestly I'm not surprised by the news that Dragon Con isn't happening. Because of contracts, they just couldn't cancel before now though it has felt like it was inevitable to quite a few people, myself included, that there was no way that it could happen safely.

Ironically, someone started a new group this morning before the announcement for people who were still planning on going despite the pandemic. Even if a quarter of the normal 80,000+ people showed, that would be a heck of a lot of people.

I am a little bummed that we didn't purchase memberships for this year earlier in the year like we normally do. This year has been such a shitshow for me and my family, outside of the pandemic, that we just didn't get around to it. Those of who did they will get a 2020 badge and some sort of swag. And their membership will be rolled to next  year.  They are also issuing refunds to those who would prefer that.

So the coronavirus has taken the best weekend of the year away and it makes me sad. When I go into work, I'll cross off the days I had requested off for Dragon Con. Hopefully the virus can be stopped / handled / something so we can con again next year.