Gratuities?

[DonnettaR]

How are they handling the gratuities for the crew if everything is cashless? How to tip for room service?

 

[Cheburashka]

How are they handling the gratuities for the crew if everything is cashless? How to tip for room service?

You still get the same tip envelopes for your primary servers as before, and you are free to add cash to those envelopes, or to add additional money to the gratuity via Guest Services, just like before.

You can hand cash to other people, such as room service, for tips. I tipped the transfer bus driver, the porter, and my cabana host in cash. It's fine. Didn't get room service but I would have tipped him in cash, too.

 

[DonnettaR]

Thanks, with all of this digital stuff I was worried.

 

[rhinodadz]

Thanks, with all of this digital stuff I was worried.

You can also add tips to your receipts in the app for bars, Cove Cafe, and room service.

 

[5onadime]

As long as we pay the gratuities, do we have to mess with the envelopes?

 

[Cheburashka]

As long as we pay the gratuities, do we have to mess with the envelopes?

The money will go automatically to their accounts, so you don't have to hand them the tip envelopes for them to receive the money.

 

[amasse]

What's an appropriate amount to tip room service servers, porters, etc?

 

[rhinodadz]

What's an appropriate amount to tip room service servers, porters, etc?

Room service we tip $1-2 per item in the order.

Porters at the port $2-3 per bag. And we err on the side of rounding up to the next $5.

 

[paul436]

I saw that tips are automatically added to the bill or can be pre-payed. What are those charges? And do they cover all staff? Housekeepers, restaurant servers, etc?

 

[erionm]

I saw that tips are automatically added to the bill or can be pre-payed. What are those charges? And do they cover all staff? Housekeepers, restaurant servers, etc?

https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/faq/onboard-services/gratuities/

Gratuity calculator at The Disney Cruise Line Blog: https://disneycruiselineblog.com/cruise-planning/tip-calculator/

 

[Calantha]

In 2 cruises this year, I haven't figured out how to tip room service in the app...so I keep plenty of $1s handy. I do everything else in the app. End of the cruise, I will put extra cash in the envelopes.

 

[DCLCruiseFan09]

We usually put 5-10 dollars in cash in each envelope and tell all of the CM's (Server, Room Attendant, etc) to have a few drinks at the bar on us.

One tried to give it back when she said she didn't drink. I told her to use it on something that would bring a smile to her face. I find these little things often mean a lot to them.

Room Service we usually tip 3 bucks per order, larger if its more items of course but usually we order about 5 things each time.