News New Changes Coming to the Disney Look 2021

[Mac Tonight]

All I’m saying, having worked in the parks. The average frontline job doesn’t meet what would be commonly considered White-collar.

It's OK to say the Parks are not a professional environment. No one is thinking the Corndog vendor is considered a white-collar employee.

 

[NelsonRD]

I'd be surprised if many 8 years olds didn't already know Harry Styles or Jaden Smith.

Mine don't. So I must not be cool.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Joe Rhodes. He has his ear gauges, yet nobody vilifies him. Hell hes in essence the Defacto modern face of Imagineering.

Funny you should mention that.... I always felt like the focus on Zach and Josh is because of how “corporate” and clean cut they look vs. Joe.

 

[Mac Tonight]

This is an incredibly narrow minded take.

I just picked up what was previously put down... but OK.

 

[Walt d]

The Disney look has already become to relaxed especially for management. next time your in the park look at how many managers Are wearing super tight clothes that they are about to bust out of and overall sloppy. That look would have never been tolerated in the past.

Im a long time share holder. And still Believe that waltz ideas should be kept in check. I have short hair and would never go back to long hair people respect you with short hair. In businesses long hair and tats they will think your going to rob, the place.. but i do have my
Short walt mustache. Thats me being radical. But clean cut. Stay with our great founder, mr disney..

 

[Gringrinngghost]

It's OK to say the Parks are not a professional environment. No one is thinking the Corndog vendor is considered a white-collar employee.

With the way people are acting over them being allowed to have a Tattoo, you would think they are the President of the United States.

No offense, but if someone "doesn't feel themselves" while selling a turkey leg in the outfit provided for them by Disney... then maybe that's not their calling in life.

Here’s the thing, with the income inequality you have to do what you have to do. For all anyone could know, they could be an musician waiting for their break, or a student at a university.

 

[denyuntilcaught]

Also, I think many here are vastly overstating how many male identified people will choose to wear a skirt or dress.

This rule isn't to turn WDW into Drag Race. It's just meant to make everyone feel a little more at ease being themselves while selling a turkey leg. This isn't rocket science.

Don't know about you, but a Drag Race-ran WDW sounds like a blast.

 

[Lilofan]

Last I checked an office pays its professional workers a living a wage...something of which let’s remember Disney tried to deny their lowest paid employees a one time $1,000 bonus over a union dispute over minimum wage.

Waiters in tipped positions can make more in a year than a salaried manager.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

, I think many here are vastly overstating how many male identified people will choose to wear a skirt or dress.

EXACTLY!

 

[Gringrinngghost]

Funny you should mention that.... I always felt like the focus on Zach and Josh is because of how “corporate” and clean cut they look vs. Joe.

It’s all favoritism at the end of the day.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Don't know about you, but a Drag Race-ran WDW sounds like a blast.

They already are going that direction with the costume design of Magic Happens at Disneyland. The opening units dancers are in looks influenced by Drag Race and the like (from my understanding), although they follow mostly typical gender lines.

 

[Gringrinngghost]

Waiters in tipped positions can make more in a year than a salaried manager.

Key word: can

That’s not a guarantee.

 

[Mac Tonight]

Here’s the thing, with the income inequality you have to do what you have to do. For all anyone could know, they could be an musician waiting for their break, or a student at a university.

To be fair, I was being facetious. I know people starting out have to get entry-level jobs that aren't their chosen careers (I've had many myself).

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Arm yourself with knowledge https://disneycasting.net/downloads/wdpr/Disney_Look_Book.pdf

What I meant was that I don't know whether the guidelines in Paris were already different or whether they just stopped enforcing them before this change.

Point being, they were already more liberal in terms of the "Disney Look" and I think the parks were, if anything, better for it.

 

[themarchhare]

This is awesome news!

 

[Rteetz]

I’ve just got to say that the internet certainly never fails.

 

[disneygeek90]

I just picked up what was previously put down... but OK.

I don't know what you identify as but pretend if you are male someone said you had to wear a dress to work. Every day. Women get to wear pants. The problem isn't the employee, it's the employer that doesn't just give people an option to the uniforms that they designed.

 

[cmwade77]

Here's the issue I have, Disney has always set a higher standard for their CMs and in the past had consistently failed to give in to the pressure to change. If the changes can be reasonably accommodated, I say go for it; however, some things don't fit. For example someone working on Main Street having a visible tattoo doesn't make sense thematically unless they are being labeled a "freak show" or something. This has to do with the time period in which Main Street is set and keeping the theming is one of the things that has always set Disney apart from the Six Flags of the world.

Of course Disney has increasingly been doing things that make them more like Six Flags and less like Disney, such as:

• Charging parking fees at the resorts
• Eliminating more and more entertainment (even before COVID)
• Having massive numbers of paid add-ons to reserve space for fireworks, parades, etc.
• Not paying as much attention to theming as they should

The list could go on, I am not saying Disney isn't worth it, but I am saying they are taking away more and more of what sets them apart and allows them to charge the higher prices they do and I am concerned that this will push things even further that way.

 

[Disney_TX_Guy]

So, these changes are for the people who operate the rides and work at the hotels and restaurants? This does not apply to the characters at the parks like Snow White, Mary Poppins, Alice, Peter Pan, Belle, Rey, Tiana, and Elsa?

 

[denyuntilcaught]

They already are going that direction with the costume design of Magic Happens at Disneyland. The opening units dancers are in looks influenced by Drag Race and the like (from my understanding), although they follow mostly typical gender lines.

I didn't know that! That's very cool.