News New Changes Coming to the Disney Look 2021

Chi84

Premium Member
It is simply about the brand and what product you are selling.

Are you selling yourself as a professional, world class service and entertainment company?

Or are you the local carnival with employees who look like they are out of a prison release program with bushy beards and tats up the arms and long hair as have been posted on this board?

The professionalism of Chick Fil A and In N Out employees in Southern California is more constant in my experience. They tend to be more polished, groomed, with better fitting uniforms - and they are local fast food outlets.

As has been pointed out before, the more they lower the standards, the easier it is fill the jobs, and the lower they can keep the wages.

Higher standards mean higher wages to attract more polished, professional service employees.

So by celebrating the lower standards you are also ensuring the cast will continue to be poorly paid.

There's a reason Four Seasons employees get paid more than Motel 6 employees.
The dress code has changed to reflect how people today look and what they wear. It’s different, but doesn’t equate to lowering standards.

People who accept the new look are simply being more open-minded about changing standards. They’re not ensuring Disney employees will be poorly paid just because they don’t insist that cast conform to an outdated dress code.
 

Californian Elitist

Well-Known Member
Stressed as a Disneyland attractions cast member? Can't imagine any job in the real world with less stress and I have hired them at all levels in multiple industries.

But again, topic for another thread....
Yep. I learned to operate ten rides in a month, with each ride having their own unique safety guidelines, rules, etc. That’s a lot to remember in a month. Not to mention some of them have complicated evacuation processes that require extra work, like calling the fire department. That alone was anxiety-inducing. I literally used to pray that Pan, Alice, and Casey never broke down on me. Toad is very stressful to operate because the ride barely gives you any time before it threatens to shut itself down. I also worked with a crappy management team that threatened to write me up after I went to the nurse’s office to get a deep cut in my hand treated right before my lunch break.

Everyone’s experience is unique and different.
 

Comped

Well-Known Member
That’s still the costume for the tour guides at MK, complete with riding crop and helmet for the skirt costume. It’s just always been the style since the first tour guide at Disneyland, I’m assuming Walt liked the look and it’s just stuck.
Probably the least likely of the uniforms to change, considering it goes back to the foundation of the parks. Although I've been wrong about that sort of thing before...
Pretty sure the main reason behind Disney changing the guidelines/requirements is due to staffing issues.
Yep. It's been confirmed by several people here, and elsewhere, that this is the primary reason. The standards tighten up in a forgiving labour market and loosen up in a less forgiving one. We're in the latter, but may eventually move back to the former.
 

_caleb

Well-Known Member
When I was young I worked Disneyland attractions and fast food - hands down the In N Out employee should make much more than the attraction host, but that's a conversation for another thread.

My absolute worst day at DL was a stroll in the park compared to an eight hour shift in a non-stop fast food restaurant like In N Out.
Sounds like maybe you're thinking "harder physical labor should mean greater compensation." ?
But I'm thinking more in terms of responsibility and the "skilled labor" (hate that term) that CMs are expected to provide.

Don't attraction CMs (you mentioned your own experience) have a lot of responsibility in helping keep people safe on rides? And if, on top of that, they are also asked to help play a role in what amounts to a major theatrical production (the parks), it seems like there's really no comparison with the kids who work the drive thru at Chick-fil-a.

ETA: Relevance to the topic: the Disney Look is for CMs, CMs are supposed to be more than "just" employees (though they're not treated that way).
 

Lilofan

Well-Known Member
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Stressed as a Disneyland attractions cast member? Can't imagine any job in the real world with less stress and I have hired them at all levels in multiple industries.

But again, topic for another thread....
I'd love to be You Tuber Mark Weins who has millions of followers as he goes around the world as a foodie. That's a real world dream job.
 

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
An updated look for Japan...


tl;dr
  • Costumes totally unisex
  • All CMs can wear make-up and/or nail polish as long as it's 'natural' and not distracting.
  • Hair color can be from black to a medium brown... but no lighter
  • Hair styles can be unisex, but can't cover face or name tag or be unkempt.
  • Still no facial hair or visible tattoos
 

MagicHappens1971

Well-Known Member
I took this to mean that there would be one costume for all, but that isn’t what I’m understanding from the graphics in the article.
It means that each costume will no longer be “male” or “female” and any cast member can wear either or. Similar to how it is at WDW/DLR. However most new costumes are just no longer designed for male/female and they’re unisex. Galaxy’s Edge and MMRR are examples
 

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