News New Changes Coming to the Disney Look 2021

[Amidala]

Once in the bubble, it would be nice to have the illusion of 1955 than a reminder of 2021.

I think plenty of groups who suffered in 1950s America would disagree.

 

[WondersOfLife]

If that is your take away from my post - you really need to step away from the computer. Because you have zero ability to actually follow the written word.

What they are trying to get at is as follows: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Oh, I'm understanding what is trying to be said... It was just an extremely poor analogy. Comparing people's appearance to trash on the ground makes literally no sense...

If you had said something along the lines of "Imagine actually caring if someone was dressed up as an astronaut in Frontierland" as your basis, that would make sense. The one you chose, does not. Those are two ENTIRELY different subjects that do not relate to each other like. At all.

 

[Nubs70]

I think plenty of groups who suffered in 1950s America would disagree.

Pick a decade, pick the oppressed.

It's not like I'm suggesting a retheme of Splash Mountain to the Bull Connor Flume Spectacular.

 

[lazyboy97o]

But you did use it to mash up between cultural appropriation and just visual standards. It wasn't that logical but was hopping around.

The policy tried to set an objective standard for size that was RELATIVE to the individual's size. That isn't that hard to digest.

I didn’t hop around or mash up size with appropriation. If tattoos are fine then size and location should not matter. These standards of size and location also still prevent actual cultural tattoos.

 

[Amidala]

Pick a decade, pick the oppressed.

It's not like I'm suggesting a retheme of Splash Mountain to the Bull Connor Flume Spectacular.

I mean, yes, oppression still exists today but segregation ended in ‘64. Don’t think I should really have to ‘pick the oppressed’ in this case, I figured that much should be pretty clear?

And no part of MK is actually themed to the 50s anyway. MS is turn of the century and Liberty Square is the American Revolution. Confused as to why the 50s should be factoring in at all, aesthetically or otherwise.

 

[HarperRose]

Might have to do with the fact they are trying to ramp up cast member numbers and without access to international talent pool, they had to make a strategic decision to relax the code in order to appeal to a wider demographic of potential cast members.

This is exactly it.

 

[Gringrinngghost]

Once in the bubble, it would be nice to have the illusion of 1955 than a reminder of 2021.

I hope you come to realize that this comment can be really misinterpreted. With all that’s been going on, it would be easy to say you would want to go back to an illusion of when there was the civil rights movement going on.

 

[Amidala]

This is exactly it.

Definitely. They’re already hiring externally for Housekeeping (FT which is rare) and Lifeguard, and I’m sure other high need departments like QSFB won’t be far behind with summer coming up. IIRC they’re not allowed to hire externally for a given role unless they’ve offered every furloughed and laid off CM an opportunity to come back, which means they’ve already exhausted their supply of CMs on call for those roles.

I have a friend who was recently called back to QS (she was laid off, not furloughed) & she said she was shocked at the rehire because she was on the second to last page of a 110 page list of CMs. And with that in mind, the location is still massively understaffed. They may have been a little too hasty with some of these layoffs and are going to need to do a lot of hiring once the park is operating at full capacity again, especially with new attractions opening later this year.

 

[Gringrinngghost]

Pick a decade, pick the oppressed.

It's not like I'm suggesting a retheme of Splash Mountain to the Bull Connor Flume Spectacular.

Look how far we’ve progressed. Just look at Song of the South. It had its issues even at released. We’ve gone from showing it in the 1980s in theaters to it not being released.

I mean, yes, oppression still exists today but segregation ended in ‘64. Don’t think I should really have to ‘pick the oppressed’ in this case, I figured that much should be pretty clear?

And no part of MK is actually themed to the 50s anyway. MS is turn of the century and Liberty Square is the American Revolution. Confused as to why the 50s should be factoring in at all, aesthetically or otherwise.

People are saying that “this is not it what Walt wanted” and Walt made those decisions in the 1950s

 

[Tony Perkis]

Says the guy advertising a film by Mel Brooks who was famous for using racist and homophobic epithets in most of his movies.

Parody is clearly lost.

 

[HarperRose]

Definitely. They’re already hiring externally for Housekeeping (FT which is rare) and Lifeguard, and I’m sure other high need departments like QSFB won’t be far behind with summer coming up. IIRC they’re not allowed to hire externally for a given role unless they’ve offered every furloughed and laid off CM an opportunity to come back, which means they’ve already exhausted their supply of CMs on call for those roles.

I have a friend who was recently called back to QS (she was laid off, not furloughed) & she said she was shocked at the rehire because she was on the second to last page of a 110 page list of CMs. And with that in mind, the location is still massively understaffed. They may have been a little too hasty with some of these layoffs and are going to need to do a lot of hiring once the park is operating at full capacity again, especially with new attractions opening later this year.

I was there a month ago and the evidence of being under-staffed was literally everywhere in the parks and resorts. It was very noticeable to a repeat visitor.

 

[Laufschneller65]

Once in the bubble, it would be nice to have the illusion of 1955 than a reminder of 2021.

Ummmm...

 

[eliza61nyc]

Wrong religion it’s what would Walt say!

I don’t think southwest employees look nearly as professional as delta employees.

Oh I do and I think that's why Disney is relaxing. Button down suit and tie is just one way to look "professional". It's a more dressed up version and totally appropriate in certain situations. If I'm an attorney going into a judges chamber that has an appropriate look. Those old fashioned skirt and jacket airline apparel look cheap mainly because they are cheaply made..
Also don't confuse"professional" looking for "sameness". Delta apparel simply all look the same but again imo that does not convey professionalism, it just screams "uniform"

 

[Lilofan]

I was there a month ago and the evidence of being under-staffed was literally everywhere in the parks and resorts. It was very noticeable to a repeat visitor.

That's no joke. A member advised of their family checking in / waiting several hours in the PM for their hotel room to be ready at a Disney resort.

 

[eliza61nyc]

Professionalism counts. Remember years ago when Disney security were dressed and looked like the Good Humor ice cream man? Now Disney security have more professional attire.

I thought that was to be undercover?? Along the same lines of having plainclothes police

 

[Nubs70]

I don’t think southwest employees look nearly as professional as delta employees.

Same can be said about Delta domestic and Delta international

 

[CosmicRays]

Exciting news! I don't think this will change many peoples perception of the park. I would be surprised if most guests even notice.

 

[Amidala]

I was there a month ago and the evidence of being under-staffed was literally everywhere in the parks and resorts. It was very noticeable to a repeat visitor.

Yeah, so many locations severely understaffed & others (Casey's, Plaza Ice Cream Parlor, Tortuga Tavern & so many ODV carts) inexplicably still closed. Those will also have to be restaffed soon.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

And no part of MK is actually themed to the 50s anyway.

Average out all the different decades represented in Tomorrowland...

 

[HauntedPirate]

What is looking normal?

ETA: Which one of these people looks normal to you?

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The answer is obvious - None. I’ve never seen any CM’s looking that posed and polished in the parks.