Credentials
Your credentials are badge and your RFID wristband and are your key to the event. It’s important to wear them at all times. They help us ensure that everyone enjoying VidCon — or accessing specific areas — is authorized to be there. Without your credentials, you won’t be able to enter any VidCon event spaces. Security personnel will be stationed throughout the Anaheim Convention Center, both indoors and outdoors, to keep everything running smoothly. Please be ready to present your credentials at entrances, special access points, or whenever requested by a VidCon security team member. Let’s work together to make VidCon safe and enjoyable for everyone!
Bag Policy
Bags should be 12” x 12” or smaller.
Each VidCon entrance will have metal detectors and bag searches in addition to RFID portals.
Please leave restricted items at home! If you arrive with a restricted item, you will be asked to return the item to your vehicle, hotel room, or home OR to dispose of it. VidCon will NOT have a place to store your restricted items and staff will not hold them for you.
You will be asked to remove items from your pockets that may set off the metal detectors like keys, wallets, and cell phones and have bags open and ready to be checked.
Express lanes for those without bags will be available at multiple access points.
Accommodations will be available for those with disabilities and exceptions will be made for medical conditions. Please see a VidCon staff member if this applies to you.
Prohibited Items
Please leave restricted items at home! If you arrive with a restricted item, you will be asked to return the item to your vehicle, hotel room, or home OR to dispose of it. VidCon will NOT have a place to store your restricted items and staff will not hold them for you.
- No outside alcohol.
- No weapons or items that can be mistaken as weapons.
- No illegal substances.
- No marijuana.
- No drones.
- No helium balloons.
- No wheels; skateboards, hoverboards, roller skates, roller blades, Heelys (or other roller shoes), scooters, wagons, rolling bags, etc. are not allowed. (Wheelchairs, strollers, mobility scooters, and other necessary mobility aids are welcome.)
- No pets. (Service animals are welcome.)
- No handouts of flyers, stickers, cards, or any promotional item, unless given prior approval from VidCon. Business cards are permitted.
- No large bags, backpacks, or purses. Personal bags may be no larger than approximately 12″ x 12″ and will be searched upon entry.
Costume Policy
VidCon is an inclusive environment and welcomes cosplayers of all backgrounds and body types. Please adhere to the following guidelines. VidCon reserves the right to reject a costume at any time for any reason.
- No large wands, staffs, or bats.
- No weapons or items that can be mistaken as weapons.
- No violent props or potentially harmful pieces of clothing.
- Acceptable costume weapon props are limited to air-filled or soft plastic/foam weapons. (VidCon will not check/hold any items at the event.)
- The absence of clothing or a costume is not itself a costume.
- Costumes must not contain words or images that are racist, obscene, or derogatory.
If at any time you feel you are in or witnessing an unsafe situation, alert a nearby security guard or a VidCon staff member.
Meet & Greet Safety
- Gifts for Featured Creators must be unwrapped and visible, and are subject to search.
- Food or drink items are not allowed unless they are factory-sealed.
- Weapons and items that can be mistaken as weapons are expressly prohibited.
- No masks or other headpieces that cover the entire face are permitted inside the Meet & Greet Hall.
- The Meet & Greet Hall and queues are access controlled via RFID scans and security will be stationed at entrances and queues.
Chaperones of a child under 16 can accompany them into the Meet & Greet Hall and wait with them during their meet & greets. You will not be able to actually participate in the session unless you have also signed up for the session.
Children 5 years old or younger do not need their own ticket and may participate in all activities associated with their chaperone’s ticket type, including any meet & greets.
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