Disney ends beard ban for theme park employees

Disney has eased a rule banning employees at its theme parks from growing beards.

Reuters claims that workers at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and California's Disneyland will be allowed to have facial hair from February 3.

However, individuals are prohibited from having facial growth that exceeds a quarter of an inch.

Visible tattoos, all body piercings except ear piercings on women, "extreme" hairstyles or colours and soul patches are also forbidden.

The beard ban has been in place since the California park - the first of six Disney attractions across the world - opened in 1955.

Employees have only been allowed to grow moustaches since 2000.

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