DDP/tips easy to use

[mom2cookies]

I also have a question. Is the tip according to the price of the individual meals or according the price of the DDP? I mean the DDP averages approximately $40 pp right? So is the tip based on that or on the meal total?

 

[klynn]

I also have a question. Is the tip according to the price of the individual meals or according the price of the DDP? I mean the DDP averages approximately $40 pp right? So is the tip based on that or on the meal total?

The tip is based on the total of the meals. For example we are a family of 4 and the tips we are leaving average between $25-35 per ts.

 

[LSchrow]

I also have a question. Is the tip according to the price of the individual meals or according the price of the DDP? I mean the DDP averages approximately $40 pp right? So is the tip based on that or on the meal total?

tip is based on what the meal would cost OOP (not including tax). same as if using a coupon in a restaurant: tip should be based on the pre-discount amount.
hth

 

[musical2]

We are also just back from WDW after seven days on DDP. We had no problems whatsoever with the tips. We are a family plus AuPair of six so they just added the 18% tip on what the meal would have cost. Since we did a lot of character buffets, Hoop-de-doo, and Ohana, we didn't have an issue with not having an appetizer since all those have an appetizer on DDP. The only place we did not get an appetizer and had to figure out our tip was the night my wife and I got to do a date by ourselves and went to Narcoosee's. Of course since that took 2 DDP credits each, we used one of our AuPair's credits and one of our older daughter's credits. They ate counter service that night. All-in-all it went rather smoothly. We still saved quite a bit of money on the DDP rather than pay OOP because of all the Character meals we attended and the comparative cost of Hoop-de-doo and the wonderful surf and turf at Narcoosee's.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Can you review your bill via the television?

If not, you might want to stop by the Front Desk mid-vacation and check your bill so far.

 

[Merilyn]

I find it amazing that Disney is telling you how much 18 and 20% is of your bill. If I pay the tip myself, it is up to me to decide what I want to pay. I can figure that out on my own. I don't need them telling me! I really preferred the old plan and would rather pay more per day. This having to sign paper work for the tip is awful and puts the server and guest on the spot. I am using the plan in May but I am beginning to worry we won't be happy with it. I guess we will find out!

 

[musical2]

Well, I did note some uncomfortableness in a couple of servers when it came to presenting the tipping bill since I had a party of 6 that was subject to the automatic 18%.

 

[angelkk]

Well, I did note some uncomfortableness in a couple of servers when it came to presenting the tipping bill since I had a party of 6 that was subject to the automatic 18%.

hi musical - we have a party of 6 here - did you pay the mandatory tips in cash, or simply charged to your room? I usually pay tips 18-20% depending on service, and would love to pay in cash if possible.

 

[disneymom06]

I am curious as well, we are a family of 6 and the tip will be automatically added to our bill. No choice, except how do we pay cash with the tip being mandatory if it is already included in the bill? I am worried that if we leave cash for the tip we may also have the tip billed to our room. It appears this forces me to bill all charges to our room which I am not fond of doing.

 

[musical2]

hi musical - we have a party of 6 here - did you pay the mandatory tips in cash, or simply charged to your room? I usually pay tips 18-20% depending on service, and would love to pay in cash if possible.

I just charged it to the room. But they would have taken cash. Unfortunately for the server, I have a stubborn streak in me that when I am automatically charged a tip, I don't add any extra on. At Narcoosee's when there was just the two us us, and I was afforded a choice to tip, I left a little over 20%.

 

[hammie59]

I've been reading comments about the new DDP with fear as we'll be going soon and using it. Since there are so many mixed reviews, some say it's simple and others a disaster....my thought is that it's only "very simple" if the server knows what they're doing. Sounds like they have a lot of "training issues" going on.

 

[Traci35]

I hope they have this all worked by the time we get there in December. I was told by many people that the DDP was the way to go. But that was before the 2008 changes.