IAAPA Expo · Orlando
IAAPA Expobooth builder
IAAPA Expo 2026 runs November 16–20 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, and IAAPA Expo 2027 returns in November 2027. Booths there compete with rides, slides and immersive experiences — so the booth itself has to be an attraction.
In short
IAAPA Expo is the attractions industry's largest trade show, held every November at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Solid Exhibits designed and built Polin Waterparks' 3,600 sq ft booths at IAAPA Expo 2024 and 2025. Large IAAPA booths should be started in late spring or early summer of the show year.
IAAPA booths we’ve built
We designed and built Polin Waterparks’ 3,600 sq ft booths at IAAPA Expo 2024 and IAAPA Expo 2025 — an island in 2024 and a peninsula in 2025 — at the Orange County Convention Center.
Designed to be experienced
Attractions buyers want to feel the product. We design large-format graphics, video walls, product displays and lounge areas that tell the story and give sales teams room to host operators and developers.
Orlando, close to home
The Orange County Convention Center is about two hours from our Florida headquarters. We plan freight, labor and installation around IAAPA’s move-in schedule and support you on site through the show.
Planning calendar
IAAPA Expo 2027booth timeline
Official dates are not announced yet, so this calendar is approximate. Work back from opening day: here’s when each step should happen.
- ≈ May 2027~6 months before
Brief & floor planNext
Share goals, booth space and budget. We review the exhibitor manual and show rules with you.
- ≈ May 2027~5½ months before
Concepts & estimate
Photoreal 3D concepts on your actual floor plan, with a line-item estimate.
- ≈ Jul 2027~4 months before
Design freeze & submissions
Final design, structural drawings and organizer or venue submissions where required.
- ≈ Aug 2027~3 months before
Fabrication starts
Structure, finishes, counters and AV are built and pre-assembled in our workshop.
- ≈ Oct 2027~6 weeks before
Graphics & service orders
Final graphics go to print; labor, electrical and rigging orders are placed.
- ≈ Oct 2027~3 weeks before
Freight ships
The booth ships to the advance warehouse or direct to show, per the exhibitor manual deadlines.
- ≈ Nov 2027Show week
Install & show
Our crew installs during move-in and a project lead stays on site through opening.
Advance-warehouse and service-order deadlines vary by show — we confirm them from your exhibitor manual.
Projects
IAAPA & recentOrlando work
How it works
Brief to boothin four moves
One project lead from first call to final crate. No hand-offs between a design agency, a fabricator and an I&D crew.
- Week 001
Brief
A 30-minute call about goals, footprint, budget and show rules. We read the exhibitor manual so you don’t have to.
- Days 5–702
Concept & 3D
Photoreal renders of your booth on the actual floor plan, with a line-item estimate. Revise until it’s right.
- Weeks 3–1003
Engineer & Build
Shop drawings, fabrication, graphics and AV. Critical parts are pre-assembled in our workshop before anything ships.
- Show week04
Install & Support
Our crew installs, a project lead stays on-site through opening, and we dismantle, repack and store after close.
Questions
Good toknow
IAAPA Expo is held every November in Orlando. For a large IAAPA 2027 booth, start in late spring or early summer 2027 — the planning calendar on this page shows each step.
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