The costumes we wear

Disney World prides itself on old fashioned values and traditions; one example of this is the costumes that all cast members wear. (Note the term costumes instead of uniforms, and cast members, not employees)

When you visit Disney World or in fact any of the parks around the world it’s like you’re stepping into another world, sort of a Disney bubble and you don’t realise it while you’re walking round as a guest but there are examples of show everywhere once you start to look. Everyone has a smile on their face (granted it’s rather impossible not too you are in Disney!!) But everyone is welcoming and it’s not just because this is their job, they’re being paid to be welcoming but because all cast members genially enjoy their jobs. Obviously there are bad days, but that’s just life. However when you step on stage you are part of the show and the costumes really do help you get into character. The whole point of them being quite dated is that it’s not something you’d want to wear anywhere else but when you put it on for work it gets you started for the day. Also if you looked back to when Disney World opened nearly 40 years ago you would see that the costumes are very similar in style, and help set the show for (example where I work) Magic kingdom.

I actually like the costume I wear, because it does help you get into the mood of working in this magical place and because everyone else is dressed the same, you could hardly feel embarrassed.

 However as much as I’d like to call my uniform a costume it’s nothing compared to what the princesses wear. Their dresses are beautiful and I can’t wait to try and get a closer look at them.

It all started with a mouse.

The first week is called Traditions where you're told about the history of Walt Disney himself, the different parks, you get to explore the specific park where you're were working (what other job do you go round Magic Kingdom and go straight to the front of a queue to go on rides on your orientation day?)


So learning briefly about the history of the parks starting with Disneyland in California then Disney world Florida and so on. How even before Disneyland was finished Walt was planning for something bigger. But there just wasn't the space to expand in California so he needed somewhere where there was plenty of space to expand then and in the future for further developments.


Under many different names and business's Walt started buying up land in Orlando Florida, It's swamp land so wasn't very expensive so it was still a secret that he was planned to build another park hence the buying the land under different names so that people wouldn't suspect. But of course eventually the cat or rather the mouse came out of the bag and Walt announced his plans for the Florida project. The park has the same set up as California's Disneyland  as in the park layout however the differences that make Disney World stand out are defiantly the castle standing at over 180feet. Then Walt saw a Cowboy in tomorrowland walking towards his work station and he thought that's not right, it wasn't the cast members fault he was just on his way to work but Walt wanting to find a way around this came up with the tunnelling system.

Florida being made up of mostly swamp land can't be dug into so then it's not technically a tunnel rather the ground floor of the Park and then the parks on the first floor, which I'd heard before I came to Florida but there's something about hearing something then seeing it in real life that makes you think, Walt knew exactly what he was doing and his vision is so clear for the theme, entertainment, family park whatever you wish to call Disney World it is that, as long as you use the word magical that's what it is.


While I'm here I would like to look into the old fashioned values that are so strong and clear here at Disney, the culture and the presence of show that surrounds the place. And of course into the costumes that clothe the nearly 60,000 cast members that work at just Walt Disney World.