Hello! Welcome to our brand new website and our first ever post here on Attractions Beyond! Before I start posting all the latest theme park news, updates, theme park tips and more, I thought it would be best to start off with a little bit about who we are, how we got here and what to expect on our website and the YouTube channel going forward.
My name is Kiaran, also known as KD, and I LOVE theme parks. My first experience at a theme park was visiting Disney World in 1996 (the good ol' days when it was cheaper and less busy!) when I was just a few months old. Of course, I can't remember much of my first visit as I probably couldn't even talk at this stage. But after that first visit I would go on to visit Disney World almost every year, as well as Universal Studios Orlando and Sea World. Orlando is my happy place and where my love of theme parks began.
Over the years, my trips to Orlando would become less frequent due to rising costs and having to afford boring adult stuff like rent and taxes. So instead, I would binge watch vlogs from Disney parks to take me to my favourite place even though I couldn't physically be there. Finally, in 2019 I decided to give it a go myself, booked a trip to Florida and decided to create a YouTube channel to vlog my experience. But as you'll all know, 2020 was the worst year EVER and my trip of course was cancelled.
So I had a new YouTube channel designed for making Disney park vlogs, but I couldn't get to a Disney park... which was a bit on an issue. But for the time being, what I could do was make theme park vlogs a little closer to home, such as Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adventures and Thorpe Park. I'd already tested my vlogging skills at these parks already, so I decided to carry on visiting and see what would happen next. In 2021 I finally was able to visit Disneyland Paris and film a Disney vlog, but after years of making content around UK theme parks, I decided to stick to that and mainly make videos about the theme parks closer to home and occasionally release vlogs from other parks I visit.
So why am I changing from The KD Adventures to Attractions Beyond? And why have I decided to make a website too? Well, this website and the rebrand of our YouTube channel is something that I've been working on since the end of 2022. In July last year, The KD Adventures YouTube channel hit 2k subscribers and it was at that moment I realised that the Disney Parks channel which I originally started was no longer what the channel was about. The channel is now about all theme parks and attractions and helping my viewers make the most out of their trips to the parks, as well as sharing the latest news and vlogs. So, going forward I knew I needed to change my name so that as soon as you hear it, you know exactly what we're about. I decided to create a website so that I can post even more content for you all. On YouTube I post once a week, but this means I can post even more, because as you can imagine, this is much quicker than filming and editing a video! So expect regular news updates, tips, tricks and more every week here on the website.
So, that's all about me and how we got to this stage! Whether you've been with me from the start back in 2019 or if you're only just checking my content out for the first time, thank you! I can't wait to keep Attractions Beyond growing, share all the videos and my love of theme parks with you. Finally, if you are a regular viewer of my videos, just know that in terms of the content, nothing is changing. I have upgraded my equipment and editing software, but the content that I've shared over the past few years will be exactly the same!
Thank you all for checking out Attractions Beyond and I hope you enjoy all the videos and posts that will be coming each and every week!
- Kiaran
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