News New Main Street, U.S.A Costumes for Cast Members at Magic Kingdom

[DCBaker]

Here's the announcement:

Are you ready? Cast are all smiles as they prepare to enter their new Main Street, U.S.A costumes era! Here’s a sneak peek at some of the costumes they’ll soon be debuting. Not only do these turn-of-the century Disney fits keep function and comfort top of mind with lightweight, breathable fabric, they’re also made from recyclable materials that help keep the environment in mind too.

 

[WorldExplorer]

This seems extremely unnecessary given how many places have much worse costumes than Main Street.

 

[SplashJacket]

This seems extremely unnecessary given how many places have much worse costumes than Main Street.

They likely changed costumes for financial reasons (cheaper maintenance, acquisition, laundry) and potentially cooler for cast.

Very likely not a change meant to improve the guest experience.

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

They look good.

 

[SaucyBoy]

As Miranda Priestly would say

 

[spectromagic04]

What about Casey’s corner costumes?

 

[Henry Mystic]

Now change the castle.

 

[Touchdown]

They likely changed costumes for financial reasons (cheaper maintenance, acquisition, laundry) and potentially cooler for cast.

Very likely not a change meant to improve the guest experience.

Sometimes it’s not about the guest. Cast deserves some wins too, they look fine.

 

[castlecake2.0]

This seems extremely unnecessary given how many places have much worse costumes than Main Street.

This is part of an ongoing effort to improve comfort and fit for Cast.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

They look nice to me. And if they’re a little cooler for the cast…all the better.

 

[castlecake2.0]

I think we will see more lands soon

 

[arich35]

I kind of envy the people who remember these small details like what the Main Street cast members costumes look like lol. If you put out a line up I don't think I could tell you

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

They look fine. Nothing wrong in tweaking things for the better. Better comfort, acceptable style, and better self esteem because Disney is actually paying a little more attention to employee morale and feedback.

It still portrays the theme quite well. It’s not like the Main Street CMs started parading around in baggy pants, oversized shirts, and sported backward baseball caps, all the while throwing up gang signs.

 

[JoeCamel]

They look fine. Nothing wrong in tweaking things for the better. Better comfort, acceptable style, and better self esteem because Disney is actually paying a little more attention to employee morale and feedback.

It still portrays the theme quite well. It’s not like the Main Street CMs started parading around in baggy pants, oversized shirts, and sported backward baseball caps, all the while throwing up gang signs.

They did put a DJ in the train station.....
Dodged a bullet there...... Yo

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Sometimes it’s not about the guest. Cast deserves some wins too, they look fine.

I disagree 100%. It’s ALWAYS about the guest and guest experience.

 

[Touchdown]

I disagree 100%. It’s ALWAYS about the guest and guest experience.

Then you get no CMs, do you get treated like dirt at your job? This choice is guest neutral, the costumes still look period appropriate but are lighter and more comfortable for cast. Orlando has oppressive weather for a third of the year this will help CMs be more comfortable and more comfortable CMs will serve guests better, so maybe this does help guests too.

 

[SaucyBoy]

Then you get no CMs, do you get treated like dirt at your job? This choice is guest neutral, the costumes still look period appropriate but are lighter and more comfortable for cast. Orlando has oppressive weather for a third of the year this will help CMs be more comfortable and more comfortable CMs will serve guests better, so maybe this does help guests too.

There was nothing wrong with the old costumes. They were not "oppressive" in the heat, I wore them a few times before. This is just another sad attempt by Disney to cater and coddle this new generation of CMs who can't handle some "heat" and expect their employer to bend over backwards to their every pathetic whim. This whole "kindness" to workers shtick that's emerged over the last few years has become stale, old, and ruined so much of what made Disney great: caring about the GUEST experience and then show; not making sure some 22 year old from New York is comfortable in the heat so her feeling aren't hurt. But it doesn't matter how much evidence people like you are given showing the continued degradation, you will still trout out the same old "but think of the poor Cast Member" line, as if we're supposed to care.

 

[Touchdown]

There was nothing wrong with the old costumes. They were not "oppressive" in the heat, I wore them a few times before. This is just another sad attempt by Disney to cater and coddle this new generation of CMs who can't handle some "heat" and expect their employer to bend over backwards to their every pathetic whim. This whole "kindness" to workers shtick that's emerged over the last few years has become stale, old, and ruined so much of what made Disney great: caring about the GUEST experience and then show; not making sure some 22 year old from New York is comfortable in the heat so her feeling aren't hurt. But it doesn't matter how much evidence people like you are given showing the continued degradation, you will still trout out the same old "but think of the poor Cast Member" line, as if we're supposed to care.

“Back in my day” is always such a lovely argument. Times change, the costumes don’t break theme and are better for CMs, i suffered in the past so everyone should going further just sounds like sour grapes.

 

[SaucyBoy]

i suffered in the past so everyone should going further just sounds like sour grapes.

It builds character and thick skin, which workers today are lacking.

 

[LittleBuford]

“Wearing an uncomfortable costume on Main Street makes you a better person” is among the more absurd things I’ve read in this forum (and the competition for that prize is stiff indeed).