News The 'Disney Look' to be further relaxed at Walt Disney World

[WondersOfLife]

That will still be the case. Still can’t look like schnitzel.

It is not the case. Not shaving for a couple of days (up to an inch) does not make you look the best.

 

[WondersOfLife]

My friend got sent home from work at Disney because their coordinator said he didn't shave that morning. (he had a very strong 5 o'clock shadow). I've seen leaders make people dry-shave or force them to shave before starting work. I was sent home from work because my hair looked two-toned under the light in the store I was working in, and the leader thought it wasn't Disney Look. One time I lightened my hair and it caused a ton of drama in my location but they didn't make me dye it back ultimately. It's hard enough to work at Disney without having to worry about this stuff....(and you get treated poorly if management decides you did not show up in "Disney Look")

5 o'clock shadow being sent home is understandable. The hair situation on your end though, now THAT'S ridiculous. Still, if you know that Disney doesn't care for dyed hair, then the simple way to avoid the situation is to not dye your hair.

 

[ToTBellHop]

It is not the case. Not shaving for a couple of days (up to an inch) does not make you look the best.

Do you write for GQ?

 

[ToTBellHop]

5 o'clock shadow being sent home is understandable. The hair situation on your end though, now THAT'S ridiculous. Still, if you know that Disney doesn't care for dyed hair, then the simple way to avoid the situation is to not dye your hair.

Approximately 98% of women dye their hair. My God you’re out of touch.

 

[awoogala]

The 'Disney Look' to be further relaxed at Walt Disney World

Disney is making some changes to the approved look for its costumed Cast Members at the parks.

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Still no change to men's hair. Sigh. I know quite a few men with long hair who would love to work there, and were hoping for a change.

 

[MrMcDuck]

Disney should treat cast members better in general, sure, but the "Disney look" is actually an entirely reasonable expectation for an employer to have at a job where appearance matters so much. Not surprised that people of my generation (millennial) and younger can't seem to handle it tho. (I'll spare the rant.)

 

[WondersOfLife]

Do you write for GQ?

No. But if you go to their website and click on "style" and read up on all of their different articles and such, you'll see that they have a better understanding of professional attire than you do.

 

[xdan0920]

FWIW, Cast Members are simply employees these days. They aren't really on stage as it were. So a little loosening of rigid look restrictions isn't a big deal. Sure it would be a little weird to see Rachel in Liberty Square rocking an Apple Watch, but big woop. It's not like you thought you were really in colonial times, did ya?

 

[WondersOfLife]

Approximately 98% of women dye their hair. My God you’re out of touch.

If it was dyed to the extent that everyone had to freak out and notice it, then I'm pretty sure it wasn't a typical/subtle hair dye. I could be wrong though. Need more info.

 

[Gabe1]

They’re re-casting. Someone thought they should broaden a bit from the “clean cut white boy or put-together white girl” Walt Disney standard.

An unfortunate pointed analogy to inject race and skin tones into minor updates to the On Stage look. I can’t grasp the leap to implying Disney relaxed a few basic requirements for racial reasons. Disappoint post.

 

[WondersOfLife]

FWIW, Cast Members are simply employees these days. They aren't really on stage as it were. So a little loosening of rigid look restrictions isn't a big deal. Sure it would be a little weird to see Rachel in Liberty Square rocking an Apple Watch, but big woop. It's not like you thought you were really in colonial times, did ya?

And that's what starts the downfall in quality.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Alrighty. I believe I've said what I wanted to say in this thread... And it's not going to go anywhere. Adieu.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Do we or do we not complain about rising ticket and resort prices? $1bn lands that flop don’t pay for themselves.

What do you assume about a person with a beard or with a bracelet? Are those marks of drug addicts or child molesters in 2019? Come to think of it, how do most serial killers present themselves?

Serial killers usually have small thin mustaches and chain smoke. Err, wait that can't be right. The only people that are offended are those that are still stuck in the first half of the 1900's. Early pictures from the civil war time until the WWI show most men with substantial facial hair** (I don't know about bracelets), however wouldn't a wrist watch be considered a bracelet with a time piece attached? And now we have those pesky magic bracelets given out/sold by Disney. Seems hypocritical to not allow actual mature looking jewelry.

The world would absolute be a more pleasant place to live in if people would just mind their own business and keep their personal likes, dislikes or beliefs to themselves. But we are a culture that feel that insisting that everyone conform to their thoughts as a calling and we will not survive without their perceived superior intelligence.

Spoiler: **

From what I understand the insistence and necessity that facial hair be removed is because of chemical warfare and the need to keep a tight seal of the gas mask on the face.

 

[ToTBellHop]

An unfortunate pointed analogy to inject race and skin tones into minor updates to the On Stage look. I can’t grasp the leap to implying Disney relaxed a few basic requirements for racial reasons. Disappoint post.

That wasn’t my intention. My point was that those were the standards in 1955 (they certainly were) and society has progressed significantly since then. Disney has typically been several steps behind society but has incrementally changed its expectations as well. And people portray each change as though it will ruin the parks.

 

[danlb_2000]

It seems like there's a lot of room for interpretation with the jewelry change.

Yeah, would a Haunted Mansion CM be allowed to wear a pink rubber breast cancer awareness bracelet?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Yeah, would a Haunted Mansion CM be allowed to wear a pink rubber breast cancer awareness bracelet?

I cannot evaluate whether that’s on theme until I review all 999 death certificates.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

I'm still kinda confused about this, and the reason that I say that is because I've seen plenty of CMs over the last few years that had beards longer than a quarter of an inch. Overall, I'm ok with this. I don't really see it as a big deal or anything. If a little facial hair and a necklace or bracelet is going to ruin the Disney magic for you, then you may or may not be overreacting.

 

[lazyboy97o]

It’s not about the look, people don’t want to or need to change to work at Disney they will just go work elsewhere. They are hurting for employees and there are not enough workers in Orlando

Who are these people that being able to wear a single bracelet is the deciding factor? This is an attempt to have less rules without having the sort of meaningful change that would better attract talent.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Literally no it hasn't.

The past two companies I've worked for have gone from a policy of having men in suits and women in skirts and heels ten years ago to now you can wear jeans if you want. I'm a finance professional currently sitting at my desk in jeans and a nice blouse. Our company's attorney came in wearing jeans this morning. Unheard of ten years ago.

 

[tissandtully]

The same role your mom plays.

That all? I'm not trying to be mean, but there's a serious issue with way overweight CMs, and kind of breaks your narrative. It says a lot about the working poor and how that affects their health and appearance. I think being worried about stubble and beards and necklaces are the least of their concerns.