Workers at Disney's Florida and California theme parks will be allowed to grow beards and goatees for the first time ever starting next month. Great news...but I hope they're only talking about the men.Facial hair was prohibited on theme park workers when founder Walt Disney opened Disneyland in California in the mid-1950s, though Walt himself had quite the lip-tickler. The company revised its policy in 2000 to allow mustaches - provided they were grown on vacation and not at work, and as of February 3rd, beards and other facial growth under 1/4 inch will be allowed.
Disney has long had a reputation as having one of the strictest dress codes in the corporate world. Until 2010, women were required to wear pantyhose with skirts and couldn't wear sleeveless tops, and even now the straps have to be at least 3 inches wide. Employee grooming rules still forbid visible tattoos, body piercings (other than the ears for women), "extreme" hairstyles or colors. And in case you were wondering, shaved heads are okay for men, but not for the ladies.
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