[5] During this period, from 2000 to 2003, MegaCon heavily promoted CrossGen products as the show continued to grow.

Widera, who is a board member of the comics charity The Hero Initiative, ran the show along with her daughter Christine Alger until 2016.

In September 2008, MegaCon headquarters moved from Safety Harbor to Live Oak, Florida, although the actual convention remains in Orlando.

The con now operates under the auspices of Informa's Fan Expo group from Toronto, although it has maintained the MegaCon branding.

[19] During Covid, the show's website was redesigned with a new logo introduced as part of a larger rebranding of FanExpo with the text forming an arch.

[20] 2022 featured a return to normal operations with Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd, the Hobbits of the Lord of the Rings, reuniting on stage as well as Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes of the Jay and Silent Bob show, Brendan Fraser, and Gina Carano being other highlight guest appearances.

[21] Numerous traffic issues in the surrounding areas due to record attendance reached local news headlines.

Prepaid parking introduced Actors: Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, Paul Bettany, Don Bluth, Johnny Yong Bosch, Gina Carano, Hayden Christensen, Holly Marie Combs, Kevin Connolly, Anthony Daniels, Keith David, Geena Davis, Felicia Day, Kevin Dillon, Shannen Doherty, Cary Elwes, Eman Esfandi, Giancarlo Esposito, Jamie Farr, Jerry Ferrara, Michael J.

Fox, McKenna Grace, Adrian Grenier, Sean Gunn, Butch Hartman, Tom Hiddleston, Michelle Hurd, Ke Huy Quan, Diana Lee Inosanto, Jason Isaacs, Alex Kingston, Jason Lee, Juliette Lewis, Matthew Lewis, Christopher Lloyd, Daniel Logan, Gaten Matarazzo, Rose McGowan, Ewan McGregor, Vivienne Medrano, Alyssa Milano, Cameron Monaghan, Shameik Moore, Temuera Morrison, Jaime Pressly, Jason Priestley, Randy Quaid, Jacob Romero, Eli Roth, John Rhys-Davies, Katey Sagal, Chris Sarandon, Susan Sarandon, Aidan Scott, Greg Sestero, William Shatner, Wallace Shawn, Joonas Suotamo, Ethan Suplee, Loretta Swit, Lea Thompson, Marisa Tomei, Danny Trejo, Alan Tudyk, Grace Van Dien, Jeff Ward, Ming-Na Wen, Rainn Wilson, Thomas F. Wilson, Finn Wolfhard, Robin Wright First full building event MegaCon since 2012 has had an exhibit hall sectioned into many different sections listed below: [115] Ticket Hall: The ticketing hall is where attendees pickup their badges required for attendance or buy new tickets.

While a majority of the businesses are small, some larger vendors also appear with more frequent ones including NASA and Dragon's Milk.

This section is surrounded by a ring of comic book guests ranging from independent publishers to writers for DC and Marvel.

These groups often raise funds for local charities via voluntary donations or paid photo ops.

The booths form a ring that is empty in the center to allow for longer lines for the more popular stars attending the convention.

Cuisine options often include: Chinese, Papa John's, barbecue, Starbucks, Häagen-Dazs, and Tex-Mex.

Activities include a kids cosplay contest, a sorting hat ceremony, and padawan training.

[123] In 2024, the convention booked an exclusive afterhours event at the nearby Universal Islands of Adventure theme park.

[124] MegaCon brings in large numbers of celebrities of various professions for fans to meet and receive autographs and photos with.

Actors: Since its migration to the Orange County Convention Center, MegaCon has drawn in celebrities who have starred in various films and television shows.