The CP/CM Costume Pictures Thread

[kmg148]

hi all!

also, I was just thinking about something... do all CMs with long hair have to wear their hair up? obviously with the heat a ponytail is ideal anyway, but is it mandatory?

I think it's only mandatory for certain roles. I've definitely seen CMs with long hair down.

 

[QueenofPrideRock]

This is what photopass CMs wear. The only exception that I've seen to this is the ones on Main Street, who wear light blue & white costumes in theming with the area. I don't know where that photo is from - maybe a restaurant? Wilderness Lodge, maybe? It looks like a pre-dinner photo.

Off topic, but that looks like AK - there's a sign for Dinoland in the background.

 

[mollay]

I think it's only mandatory for certain roles. I've definitely seen CMs with long hair down.

Cool coo, that's kind of what I figured! I at least knew anyone working with food probably needs their hair up, haha.

 

[TravisSch]

hi all!

I found this picture online, is this the photopass cms wear?

also, I was just thinking about something... do all CMs with long hair have to wear their hair up? obviously with the heat a ponytail is ideal anyway, but is it mandatory?

That is what photographers wear on the Disney Cruise Line. I've been on their cruises 4 times. They are so wonderful.

 

[ZeroToHero]

Off topic, but that looks like AK - there's a sign for Dinoland in the background.

Yep! It is. Did the massive amounts of green fronds tip you off too? I knew I had a photo of a photopass guy somewhere, I was trying to take a picture of the bridge, and he was on it.

Funny thing was, the next time we went to Animal Kingdom, he was there. He was hilarious - reminded me of Ace Ventura.

 

[mollay]

That is what photographers wear on the Disney Cruise Line. I've been on their cruises 4 times. They are so wonderful.

OHHHH cool! i wish i was doing that -- their costumes are very fancy and stylish~ hahaha

 

[kmg148]

Those costumes are a little similar to the PAC shift costumes! (The DCL Photopass ones!)

 

[Kayticheer101]

Does anyone have any pictures of any of the QSFB location costumes for MK??? any of them would be great

 

[Joanna71985]

I have a picture somewhere for Casey's Corner (I just have to find it).

 

[Kayticheer101]

I have a picture somewhere for Casey's Corner (I just have to find it).

Thats one of the places i requested to work! that would be awesome if you had a pic!

 

[Damhsa04]

Question for past CMs:

I know that cast members are given costume jackets for when it's colder there. There were many CMs rocking the black peacoat. But I was just wondering, do they have a company issued raincoat?

 

[RyanS]

Yes. When they issue it to you, don't throw away the plastic it comes in because it has the bar code on it that is needed to return it. I made this mistake during my CP and when I returned the raincoat at the end, it still showed up as checked out in my costuming record. So when I went back last summer and needed to check one out, they wouldn't issue one because it showed up as me already having one.

 

[BabyPiglet]

I've heard the rain gear is kind of hard to get a hold of, is that true?

 

[aftertoday]

I think it's only mandatory for certain roles. I've definitely seen CMs with long hair down.

The basic rule about hair is if it covers your name tag, it should be up. Guests should be able to know your name (or what your name is for the day if you lost your own name tag ).

 

[ZeroToHero]

If you don't have your nametag, you get a point, right? And then you have to pull from the bucket o' nametags? (Well, I doubt's actually what it is, but they just give you another tag for the day, right?)

 

[glendalais]

I've heard the rain gear is kind of hard to get a hold of, is that true?

It really depends. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't.

If you don't have your nametag, you get a point, right? And then you have to pull from the bucket o' nametags? (Well, I doubt's actually what it is, but they just give you another tag for the day, right?)

You don't get points for losing your nametags, lol.

 

[DisneyFirefly]

I'm the blond in the back row who's not in costume We were MK North Custodial, Alumni Program/Fall 2008, and this was taken behind IASW. Our one manager (the uber tall guy in the back) called us his A Team It was the last day for most of the people there If anyone does Custodial and is told that the blue belt pouch (as modeled by Jared, the boy standing behind the girl in the hat) is optional, get it anyway. It's seriously a lifesaver. Also, if you have a choice between the ugly as heck blue and yellow baseball hat or the white straw hat looking one (as modeled by Elizabeth), get the white one. It protects your face and the back of your neck from the sun and is just so much more comfortable (and slightly more fashionable... but only slightly). The bottle carriers some of us are wearing were provided by our managers. Most of the time, I filled the bottle when I got home, froze it, and brought it to work like that. That way, I had ice water throughout the day, which was a real blessing when it was 98 degrees and humid.

I'm the blond on the right. This was taken during the Boo To You parade by a fellow CP who was at the party that night. For some reason, they were allowing CM's to get their faces painted (different departments on different party nights). I think it was because they were offering it to party guests for free and wanted guests to find out about it, and that was an easy way. Plus, it was fun for us (one night, the boys ALL got the girly makeup, which was hilarious). Laura really should have had her hair up, but no one said anything to her about it. The little black pouch on her back (if you look close, you can see it) is her rain gear. If you can get rain gear, get the pouch, too. Again, it's bulky, but you have it on you at all times, which is what you're supposed to do anyway. Managers hate it when it starts to rain and you have to run back to your locker to get your rain gear. Also, if someone asks to borrow your rain gear, SAY NO. You'll never see it again and it'll be your financial responsibility. If it stops raining and you take it off, don't hang it up. Just roll it up and put it in your pouch and hang it up when you get home. Seriously, if you let it out of your sight for any reason, you will never see it again. The only exception I ever found was is if you're working restrooms and could put it in the storage closet while you're cleaning.

Just fair warning to anyone who wears custodial whites and has tattoos that are covered by their clothes: NEVER GO ON STAGE WITHOUT RAIN GEAR. I'm being completely serious. Not only are you supposed to have it anyway because it's not good show to look like a drowned rat (and unless it's lightning, you're not allowed to stand under an overhang), but because they're white, these costumes are nearly see-through when they're wet. I wish I was kidding, but one day I forgot my rain gear and then it started pouring and one of my managers sent me to my locker to change because they could see the tattoos on my back.

 

[aftertoday]

If you don't have your nametag, you get a point, right? And then you have to pull from the bucket o' nametags? (Well, I doubt's actually what it is, but they just give you another tag for the day, right?)

You don't get a point for losing your nametag, but it is a required portion of costumes, so you'll have to pull from the bucket. I've been both Peggy Sue and Jennifer (when my real name is neither).

 

[~Zephyr~]

Kali River Rapids, coming up.

Sexay. I'm the one that you can picture saying the Kool-Aid Man's "Oh Yeah!" line. That was a particularly comfortable costume, I tell ya. I was happy with that thing. Sometimes, if I wasn't going out for the rest of the day, I'd just stay in my costume in my apartment and lounge about in it.

 

[Reinhart_x]

If you don't have your nametag, you get a point, right? And then you have to pull from the bucket o' nametags? (Well, I doubt's actually what it is, but they just give you another tag for the day, right?)

Haha, I can't tell you how many times my friend John suddenly turned into "Chris"...hehehe!