{"id":186405,"date":"2026-03-10T23:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/186405\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T23:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:05:07","slug":"megacon-returns-to-orlando-with-another-incredibly-stacked-lineup-for-fans-of-all-genres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/186405\/","title":{"rendered":"MegaCon returns to Orlando with another incredibly stacked lineup for fans of all genres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">MEGACON Orlando 2026 is gearing up to take over the Orange County Convention Center March 19\u201322, promising four days of pure fandom in the heart of Orlando.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">After drawing more than 180,000 fans last year, the iconic convention returns with celebrity meet and greets, cosplay showdowns, interactive experiences, and wall to wall programming across movies, TV, comics, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, anime, and gaming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This year\u2019s celebrity lineup already packs serious star power: John Cena, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, John Boyega, Helen Hunt, Giancarlo Esposito, Star Trek legends Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Walter Koenig, and more. Fans can jump into Q&amp;As, photo ops, autograph sessions, and premium experiences like \u201cAn Evening with the Hobbits,\u201d John Cena Live, and special events with comic icons Jim Lee, Frank Miller, and Joe Quesada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Where \/ When \/ Tickets \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd\u00a0Where:\u00a0Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0When:\u00a0Thursday\u2013Sunday, March 19\u201322, 2026\ud83d\udd17\u00a0Tickets:\u00a0Single-day and 4-day passes on sale now at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fanexpohq.com\/megaconorlando\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/fanexpohq.com\/megaconorlando\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Cosplay competitions, the Masters of Cosplay Grand Finale, Comics Xplosion live art battles, a massive Gaming Arena, and an exclusive after-hours event at Universal Orlando round out one of North America\u2019s biggest pop culture weekends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WFLX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MEGACON Orlando 2026 is gearing up to take over the Orange County Convention Center March 19\u201322, promising four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[87549,87545,87544,87542,87547,87546,87540,139,87541,141,140,87543,87548],"class_list":["post-186405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-anime-and-gaming-convention-florida","tag-celebrity-meet-and-greets-orlando","tag-cosplay-competition-orlando","tag-florida-fan-convention","tag-john-cena-orlando-appearance","tag-lord-of-the-rings-reunion-event","tag-megacon-orlando-2026","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-comic-convention","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-pop-culture-convention-orlando","tag-universal-orlando-after-hours-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}