Character meet and greets Dos and Don'ts

[disneysteve]

talking the characters head off

By the way, when I first read this I thought it said "taking the characters head off".

That's a definite no no.

 

[SorcererHeidi]

By the way, when I first read this I thought it said "taking the characters head off".

That's a definite no no.

GMTA.

 

[Tonyz]

One rule of etiquette is to try and not make others around you uncomfortable.

He really struggles with that one, poor thing.

 

[Tonyz]

Can you debate the death penalty with them?

Can you ask them to give you a piggy-back ride?

Can you rip their costume off exposing them as frauds in an effort to teach children that magic isn't real?

Just innocent questions. Any help would be nice!

 

[Alicenwonderment]

By the way, when I first read this I thought it said "taking the characters head off".

I just read your post the same way. lol Seriously though don't crowd the characters. If their handler tells Pooh it's time to go don't say, "Can't you just see our family before you go away?" Characters are on and off set in 20 minute intervals. I've heard in the summer time characters can get very hot and need their rest. Please don't chase Dopey as he is trying to leave the character meet and greet areas. I've seen that happen before. I've heard that some of the school groups got in trouble for mistreating characters in the park and were not allowed back into the parks. Most people on the other hand treat the characters with respect.

 

[Hunterr]

Well for starters is it wrong to offer a tip, not necessarily to the character of course but to the cast member with them

 

[figmentofmyimagination]

I think we need to revisit this whole tipping aspect

I mean I tip magical express driver, the hotel porter , maid , waiters, etc

Is giving a cast member a tip considered insulting?

 

[carolynwi]

I think we need to revisit this whole tipping aspect

I mean I tip magical express driver, the hotel porter , maid , waiters, etc

Is giving a cast member a tip considered insulting?

It doesn't need to be revisited.. It's not allowed, it's uncomfortable, and just please don't do it. A character attendant is not considered someone in the service industry.. A waiter or waitress is.

 

[disneysteve]

I think we need to revisit this whole tipping aspect

I don't know what is so difficult to understand. Some jobs are tip-based, most are not. Disney cast members are NOT. There's nothing to "revisit".

ETA: I stated that too broadly. There are CMs who are tip-based like servers and housekeeping but not the rest.

 

[KingLlama]

 

[disneysteve]

A character attendant is not considered someone in the service industry

I think those of us answering questions here would be considered to be in the service industry and thus should be tipped by those who start these threads.

 

[rteetz]

I don't know what is so difficult to understand. Some jobs are tip-based, most are not. Disney cast members are NOT. There's nothing to "revisit".

ETA: I stated that too broadly. There are CMs who are tip-based like servers and housekeeping but not the rest.

I would like to add that if you insist 3 times to give a CM a tip they have to take it but they then give it to their manager and it's put in a jar or something which is then used to buy doughnuts for everyone or something.

 

[*NikkiBell*]

I don't know what is so difficult to understand. Some jobs are tip-based, most are not. Disney cast members are NOT. There's nothing to "revisit".

ETA: I stated that too broadly. There are CMs who are tip-based like servers and housekeeping but not the rest.

Housekeeping is tip based? I'm not so sure about that. There are internet Disney fans who started the whole "tip mousekeeping" trend years ago, but it's my understanding that this not the norm.

 

[NeuroCindy]

Housekeeping is tip based? I'm not so sure about that. There are internet Disney fans who started the whole "tip mousekeeping" trend years ago, but it's my understanding that this not the norm.

I tip housekeeping at any hotel I stay at (Disney or not), but they get a wage that is not tip-dependent. So where as a waitress might make $3 because they're reliant on tips, housekeeping gets $10, and the tip is just a bonus.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

I tip housekeeping at any hotel I stay at (Disney or not), but they get a wage that is not tip-dependent. So where as a waitress might make $3 because they're reliant on tips, housekeeping gets $10, and the tip is just a bonus.

Whether you tip or not isn't the point.

Housekeeping isn't a tipped position.

Nor is the position of Character (or whatever the official position is).

 

[disneysteve]

Housekeeping is tip based? I'm not so sure about that. There are internet Disney fans who started the whole "tip mousekeeping" trend years ago, but it's my understanding that this not the norm.

Sorry, you're correct. I didn't mean they were tip-based in the way that servers are. I just meant that it is a position where tipping is fairly common. Parking valets, bellmen, servers, housekeeping - these are all people that one would consider tipping. A front line cast member in the parks is not.

 

[pjweaver]

I look at Uber, which I have been told recommends not tipping drivers as it would become expected. This is an ongoing issue with jobs such as trash men and postal carriers at the holidays or how to tip at buffets when the waiter gets me coffee and busses the table while I do half their job (do they really deserve 18% of a $40 buffet?).

Front line CM's don't get tips.

 

[NeuroCindy]

Whether you tip or not isn't the point.

Housekeeping isn't a tipped position.

Nor is the position of Character (or whatever the official position is).

Thanks for the attitude. I clearly stated that housekeeping isn't a tip reliant position.

 

[wilkeliza]

I would like to add that if you insist 3 times to give a CM a tip they have to take it but they then give it to their manager and it's put in a jar or something which is then used to buy doughnuts for everyone or something.

It is actually donated to one of the many charities just like the change in Small World or fountains is collected and donated as well. In my 2ish years as a CM we were actually told not to even take it at the 3rd but if they palmed it or slipped it in our pocket (so uncomfortable but happened to me) then hand it directly to management who would make sure it was donated.

I look at Uber, which I have been told recommends not tipping drivers as it would become expected. This is an ongoing issue with jobs such as trash men and postal carriers at the holidays or how to tip at buffets when the waiter gets me coffee and busses the table while I do half their job (do they really deserve 18% of a $40 buffet?).

Front line CM's don't get tips.

I find it interesting that Uber itself says do not tip but the drivers say other wise. I find drivers to be a tipped position unless it states otherwise like in car services where it says tip is included in the base fare. I find tipping good Uber drivers keeps the small things like water in the car and chargers around but when a community stops tipping the best drivers stop working.

 

[SorcererHeidi]

It is actually donated to one of the many charities just like the change in Small World or fountains is collected and donated as well. In my 2ish years as a CM we were actually told not to even take it at the 3rd but if they palmed it or slipped it in our pocket (so uncomfortable but happened to me) then hand it directly to management who would make sure it was donated.



I find it interesting that Uber itself says do not tip but the drivers say other wise. I find drivers to be a tipped position unless it states otherwise like in car services where it says tip is included in the base fare. I find tipping good Uber drivers keeps the small things like water in the car and chargers around but when a community stops tipping the best drivers stop working.

I'll agree, and say that my friend's son has actually switched from Uber to Lyft because of Uber's policy of advertising to its customers "do not tip". He also told me that when Uber runs specials, he earns less from them, because they are charging the customer less, so he gets less of a percentage. That also caused him (and bunch of others he knows, apparently) to switch to Lyft.