Minecraft Convention Heads To Sunny Orlando In November

Minecon 2013, the third annual Minecraft convention, will be held in Orlando, Florida, from November 2 - 3. Tickets and hotels available in July.

Notch claims that he picked Orlando by spinning a globe and sticking the sword through it, however, we believe there are other factors behind his choice. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Studios' magical theme park, is situated in Orlando. Also the weather in November should be absolutely lovely.

Minecon 2012 was held at Disneyland Paris in November. It attracted 7,000 people. MINECRAFT The year before it had opened a shop in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2011 event attracted more than 5,000 people attend, and hosted impressive scale models of real-life Minecraft beasts, including a 40 foot Enderdragon.