News New Changes Coming to the Disney Look 2021

[BasiltheBatLord]

I don't want to sound whiney but it feels like every single year Disney is intentionally shedding more and more of what makes it unique and better than other theme parks. I'm rapidly losing interest.

 

[SpectroMan93]

Couldn’t be happier about this change. To those clutching their pearls over it, I highly doubt this will have any significant effect on your next visit. And if this is enough for you to cut ties with the US Disney parks, great. More room for the rest of us who are less judgmental.

 

[larryz]

Because when you are hired you represent the brand. The brand Disney is crisp, clean professional looking, and despite what you think appearance is a reflection of the brand. Pink hair, tattoos and nose piercing isn't something you should see representing a Disney park.

Actually, representing the current-day brand at WDW should look more like this...

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I don't want to sound whiney but it feels like every single year Disney is intentionally shedding more and more of what makes it unique and better than other theme parks. I'm rapidly losing interest.

But why is all the CMs fitting into a narrow definition of what is right making it better? Wouldn't just better CMs, no matter what they look like make it better?

They are still having strong controls over how people are presented ... Heck, they have guidelines on hygiene!

How many people within the Disney fan community show their love of Disney through tattoos? Now the CMs can as well (even though there are still strict restrictions in that as well).

 

[Tbad556]

I don't want to sound whiney but it feels like every single year Disney is intentionally shedding more and more of what makes it unique and better than other theme parks. I'm rapidly losing interest.

Some advice:

Guys. Deep breaths. This is really not something worth getting annoyed about.

 

[TeriofTerror]

The problem is when your message becomes a distraction. I do not want to explain to my 8 year old on a vacation why a man is wearing a skirt. I accept expression, but this push for inclusion doesn't mean we should remove all boundaries.

Funny; my daughter wouldn't have been bothered by a man wearing a skirt, so there'd be nothing to explain.

 

[dreday3]

Funny; my daughter wouldn't have been bothered by a man wearing a skirt, so there'd be nothing to explain.

Honestly. And if your kid does ask why that man is wearing a skirt, why can't the answer be "because he wants to".

 

[Quinnmac000]

Honestly. And if your kid does ask why that man is wearing a skirt, why can't the answer be "because he wants to"

We all know the answer. But i'm not going into it because its "political"

 

[Brer Oswald]

They most definitely did not need to do a Parks Blog about this. Probably.

Especially not one where they spent real estate to advertise the advertisement they placed within the America Pavilion for their Pixar movie.

The gesture is nice, but the intent isn’t lost on me. Be a little more subtle next time please.

 

[larryz]

Tattoos are not professional. They should be covered up at work. I dont care what tattoo it is or where you work.

What if you work in the South Pacific as a Maori Warrior?

 

[TalkingHead]

To those clutching their pearls over it, I highly doubt this will have any significant effect on your next visit.

True, it’s far more alarming how they’ve turned the Epcot lagoon into an industrial park. This is small potatoes compared to that.

 

[Mac Tonight]

Especially not one where they spent real estate to advertise the advertisement they placed within the America Pavilion for their Pixar movie.

The gesture is nice, but the intent isn’t lost on me. Be a little more subtle next time please.

Disney? Subtle? Does not compute.

 

[Giss Neric]

I would expect a Disney/theme park-centric forum would be excluded from the extreme toxicity of other social media platforms when it comes to issues other than the theme parks but they are here.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Truly...this thread is absolutely toxic.

Then leave. Nobody is forcing you to argue about costumes.

 

[SpectroMan93]

True, it’s far more alarming how they’ve turned the Epcot lagoon into an industrial park. This is small potatoes compared to that.

It is possible for one to be all for cast members having butterfly tattoos and earrings while also feeling like the harmonious barges should not be permanently docked in world showcase lagoon. It’s me. I am that one.

 

[larryz]

There are limits to this policy though. For example, this person is not likely to be hired.

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Although they'd be perfect driving the Halcyon - Batuu Shuttle...

 

[Starcrane]

It has been relaxed quite a bit over the last decade. I support wanting cast to be comfortable at work, but this is also supposed to be a premium brand, so you gotta be careful with the line of comfort vs professionalism.

Well said!

 

[Brer Oswald]

Before we go on with the “toxicity shtick”, there are a very small minority of people that are opposed to this change, and a bunch of people are needlessly stoking those flames.

If they keep missing the point entirely, why continue to argue?

 

[waltography]

I would expect a Disney/theme park-centric forum would be excluded from the extreme toxicity of other social media platforms when it comes to issues other than the theme parks but they are here.

To be honest, after seeing the extreme ways in which Disney fans have responded to certain changes instituted by the company (particularly COVID guidelines), I'm not surprised anymore. The fandom has toxic parts to it that no one wants to address, not least of which the company.

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Quite honestly this goes farther than I would have expected. One major unanswered question--if they have eliminated gender-specific references, does this apply to onstage costumes? I knew a young woman who worked at Haunted Mansion who hated the maid's costume, but they wouldn't let her wear the butler's costume unless she identified as transgender. I know a guy who wears business casual at TDA who can't wait to rock his kilt!

Things are about to get VERY colorful! LOL