Do you have to pay the 20%???
Also do you have to pay it at restaurants outside disney??
Have not been florida for 20 years
so cannot remember.
Did not count this into the cost when working out if free dining was worth it
As we had the DDP, we only ate outside the once in Celebration, and that was only snacks. However, I didn't feel as pressured as in Disney. Our server was very good. I managed to spill my drink over dd's banana cream pie.
She helped me clear up the spill, and bought me back another drink, and DD another pie,and didn't charge us.It wasn't that expensive either, and 20% came in about $8, so I made it up to $10 Last year though when we were eating offsite more, we would tip 15%
Another factor that affects the tip is the price of the meal! We were trying the more expensive options that we probably wouldn't have gone for had we been paying for the meals, and not on the DDP. eg, at the Sci-fi dine in, we would probably have gone for burgers had we been footing the bill ourselves, but instead we tried the shrimp pasta(at I think $21.99). This pushed the price of the bill up, and subsequently the tip!Didn't particularly like the pasta either, but then it's all experience!
Also, we very rarely have dessert at home, or maybe share,but were having one each because it was included! Bearing in mind the desserts alone were $5+, that was an additional $25 we were having to tip on.
Jules x