Disneyland employees working in Mickey’s Toontown will wear new costumes with a hand-drawn look that mimics the artistic brushstrokes and bold color palette of a Disney animator when the cartoon-inspired land reopens in a few weeks.
“The cast members are part of the story,” Disneyland senior costume designer Joe Kucharski said. “We really wanted to bring our cast members into the toon world.”
The reimagined cartoon-styled land debuting March 19 will add new interactive play areas for young children and refresh existing attractions alongside the already-opened new Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway dark ride.
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I got to try on the new mix-and-match costumes coming to Mickey’s Toontown during a fitting session for cast members — Disneyland parlance for employees.
I mixed and matched six different costume combinations from the new collection during a tour of the Toontown cast member preview center in a backstage building just a short walk from cartoon-themed land.
I found the new lightweight, stretchy and moisture-wicking Toontown cast member costumes to be extremely comfortable. I could wear them all day and wished I could take a few outfits home to lounge around the house while watching TV.
Nobody will mistake Toontown cast members for Disneyland visitors when the land returns — even if no two employees are wearing matching outfits.
Disneyland boasts that there are more than 1,000 different outfit combinations for Toontown cast members to try out. The fashion options include tunic, henley, cowl neck, button down and boatneck tops in blue, purple, orange, pink, red and yellow. Cast members can choose between straight leg or curvy cut green chinos, red joggers, blue shorts and pink skirts.
Yellow or green vests and blue cardigans offer an added layer of warmth. A cold weather jacket is still in development. Baseball caps and wide-brimmed hats come…
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