Child Care  ◊   Disability Services  ◊   Hospitality Suite  ◊   Information Desk 

Child Care

Director: Regina Miller

Dragon*Con will sponsor Child Care Services during our normal Dealers Room hours:

Child Care Services are provided by P’s & Q’s Child Care Staffing and are offered at no additional charge for kids potty trained (no diapers) to 7 years, if they've been registered at the normal adult rate. Child Care Services are available on a first come, first serve basis with a limited number of spaces available.

To use this service, simply register your child with the convention at normal convention rates (a bargain, for up to 30 hours of supervised care). Either pre-register your child through this web site or at the convention; sitters will not collect any rate "by the hour" during scheduled hours.

We will be serving a mid-morning and afternoon snack, but you must pick up your child for his/her mid-day meal. Anyone leaving a child in Dragon*Con child care is required to have a working cell phone on them at all times.

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Disability Services

Director: Cherie Wren

Dragon*Con supports equal-access and provides on-site assistance for anyone who has a disability. Please be sure to stop by the Disability Services table if you need any assistance.

We offer a variety of services to help you enjoy your Dragon*Con experience, including:

• Wheelchair accessible bus service between the Marriott, the Hilton, the Sheraton, the Hyatt, and other official Convention hotels.  
• Audio description for events upon request.
• We will have the Con schedule in large print available (to be read at our table or we can email a copy to you to print or download to your screen reading device)
• We will have staff working all areas of Main Programming in the Hyatt, Marriott, and Sheraton, keeping them accessible for people with disabilities.
• If you will be going to an event that is expected to be very popular, we can show up at that location early and help make sure you have access.
• Con-goers with medical conditions can get a sticker to put on their badge that gives directions for emergency contacts.
• We can pick up badges in registration for handicapped fans who cannot maneuver the tight turns or long lines.

Look for the Disability Services table inside Registration, in the Sheraton.

One important thing to remember: we will do our best to make sure events are accessible to you, but that does not mean we guarantee you a front row seat, or head of the line privileges. If you are going to a very popular event, you must get there extra early to get a good seat, just like everyone else. The accessible seating will not all be in the front row. We are following the guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which specifies the number and arrangement required for accessible seating. If you arrive late, or in some cases even ‘on time’ for an event, you may not get the seat you would prefer, and in some cases you may not be able to get in at all.

People who think they will need assistance at the convention should contact Disability Services in advance. The Con covers more than three square blocks on a hill. We strongly suggest that if an individual has difficulty walking long distances that they consider renting an electric scooter.

Scooter and Wheelchair rentals are available by contacting ScootAround Inc. toll-free at 1-888-441-7575, by email at info@scootaround.com, through their website at www.scootaround.com or by fax at (204) 478-1172. PLEASE CONTACT THEM EARLY.

If you would like to volunteer to help with Disability Services (and we are always on the lookout for trained those experienced in dealing with physical handicaps), please contact Cherie Wren.

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Hospitality Suite

Director: Joe Campbell

"Consuites" are a tradition of SF and fantasy conventions throughout the United States. We'll provide a lounge stocked with all sorts of complimentary soft drinks, coffee, and munchies for all attendees to enjoy when feeling a bit hungry. We have planned a Consuite with plenty of snacks that will be open twenty-four hours a day throughout the convention (with a few breaks for cleaning purposes).  More info on the consuite is available here.

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Information Desk

Director:  Sara McCorkendale

The Information Desk is your one-stop center for getting all your questions answered. The staff will be able to help you find where everything is located, and just about any other question or request you may have. And if they don't know the answer, they'll send you directly to the person who does or contact them by radio.

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