The ABCs of LeakyCon 2014: General Roundup

MuggleNet was in attendance at this year’s LeakyCon, which took place from July 30 to August 3 at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida. Here is a recap of our favorite moments and things we spotted at the convention!
 
 
Announcement

LeakyCon2014 special announcement: LeakyCon will only be Harry Potter conference, GeekyCon 2015 will be ALL FANDOMS! pic.twitter.com/5BlYSJA8tE

— MuggleNet.com (@MuggleNet) August 3, 2014

Banner

 
 
Cosplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Gmj5eSkkc
 
 
Dog

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Esther Earl Rocking Charity Ball

Here’s how we rang in #EstherDay! pic.twitter.com/vw4GXyoB6K

— GeekyCon (@GeekyConTweets) August 3, 2014

Fandoms

Dumbledore’s Army meetings are multi-fandom. #LeakyCon pic.twitter.com/3j11lNCHQ5

— TheHPAlliance (@TheHPAlliance) August 2, 2014

Guinness World Record

 
 
Hand hearts

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Instruments

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Jewelry

 
 
Kneeling

(Congratulations to Josh Wurtz and his fiancé, Jana!)
 
 
Lemon

The #LeakyLemon is loose in the Marketplace! Find it, tweet a picture using the tag, and hide it for others to find! pic.twitter.com/JX0s006V9Y

— GeekyCon (@GeekyConTweets) August 1, 2014

Melissa Anelli on a segway

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#NickShirmCanGetIt

I saw this on the table at #LeakyCon and thought I should help this to get trending! #NickShirmCanGetIt pic.twitter.com/lOqmHKKhHi

— Belle Donnelly (@BeautybyBelle99) August 2, 2014

Opening ceremonies

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Photo booth

Check it out! Photobooth pictures with @Robbie_Jarvis, @EllieDAlden, & @JoeDAlden are up! https://t.co/wDKCvy37hy pic.twitter.com/dpBvfSu82C

— GeekyCon (@GeekyConTweets) August 25, 2014

Q&A

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Ribbons

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Shipping wars

Damn you #Harmony shippers! Guess I’ll just have to set this right. #leakycon pic.twitter.com/Cd7z4NVQWI

— Claire Furner (@ClaireFurner) August 2, 2014

Twitter trends

Hey @LeakyCon… looks like you did something. pic.twitter.com/TK24DgG6qG

— Caleb Graves (@calebgraves) August 3, 2014

Undercover

Going undercover at the con. If you see this little guy on a brown paper bag. Just say “which witch is wich, Mac?” pic.twitter.com/Dth4AeMqNT

— Snitchwiches (@Snitchwiches) July 31, 2014

Vendors

There’s awesome booths in the LeakyCon Marketplace this year! What’s the coolest thing you’ve seen so far? pic.twitter.com/w94bW45fv2

— GeekyCon (@GeekyConTweets) July 31, 2014

Walking across the bridge

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XOXO

Spotted in the Orlando airport! Happy Esther Day! #estherday #leakycon pic.twitter.com/YsoeEa2hCO

— Katie Embry (@krembry) August 3, 2014

Young Adult authors

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Zeal

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Also, be sure to check out our Harry Potter version of the LeakyCon 2014 ABCs here!

Guest blogger is Tracey Wong, MuggleNet staff member and senior transcript editor