2021: A Year in Review
Like 2020 before it, the year 2021 brought many twists and turns to our channel, our brand and our personal lives. When we rang in the 2021st New Year at 12:00am on January 1st, our hopes were high that this year would see the end of the global pandemic, the opening of international borders, and the expansion of our adventures from the localized there-and-backs to destinations to destinations all over the world. Sadly, our expectations were quickly tempered by the continuation of the pandemic, the unreliable fluctuation of border rules and the emergence of the delta variant. This having been said, if you’re familiar with what we do and who we are on our channel, you’ll know that we aren’t likely to let a bit of bad news keep us down.
Chilling in Oga’s Cantina at Disney’s Hollywood Studios during our April 2021 visit!
Had things solidified as we’d hoped when we began charting our course for the year in mid-2020, we would have travelled to Tokyo, explored Disneyland Paris, returned to the pop culture convention floors for the first time since 2019 and might even have gone out on the weeknights to take in a show or two. Those things may not have happened as forecasted, but we still had an incredible 2021. We bought new equipment and enhanced the quality of our vlogs. We experienced all kinds of incredible adventures, saw some amazing sights and took all kinds of wild rides on coasters, dark rides, raging rapids and swinging obelisks. As we reached the midpoint of the year, Katie took on a more prominent role in the vlogs by taking center stage in relaying information about our exploratory adventures.
For the first time, we also engaged our YouTube community and made real, true and lifelong friends by collaborating with fellow creators like Kaylee from Fantasmic Fandoms, Connor from the Carousel of Connor, Mitch and Devon from Roadside Trippers, Zoe from Wishing Mouse, Jay and Sam from the Theme Park Foodies, and so many more! Forming these relationships, traveling with our peers and making memories together taught us much about the impact of what we’ve started here. This creative journey may never be the easiest or the most profitable, but it is deeply rewarding. We cannot speak highly enough about all the collaborations we’ve done and the friends that we’ve made in the past year, and we are very much looking forward to continuing those relationships and growing even more in 2022.
Katie loved our stay at the Hotel Cape Charles in September of 2021, and we highly recommend this location if you’re ever visiting Cape Charles, VA in the future!
In the year 2021, we...
• Travelled 16,864 Miles
• Engaged in 26 Collaborations with Fellow Creators
• Visited 13 Theme Parks
• Stayed at 8 Resorts
• Got Spooked at 7 Haunts
• Took 4 Hikes
• Achieved our 100th Coaster Credit
Check out our 2021 Highlight Reel via the video link above to see just how much we were able to accomplish in the past year. 2022 may yet bring us additional challenges, roadblocks and obstacles to be overcome. But with the help of our newfound friends and our community, we are not only confident that we will overcome them, we are excited about the opportunity to improve and grow as content creators. We are Tim and Katie, of the branded channel timandkt, and we believe that every day can be a new adventure - we can’t wait to see what adventure comes next!
