last min panic DxDDP..

[sjt22]

We are on the DxDDP for 14 nights we have 2 meals a day booked 1 always signature, we will probably have a beer/cocktail OR a bottle of house wine with each meal. If we payed the normal 18-20 % tip do you think $500 is enough set aside, or will we need more ?

Thanks Sarah x

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

How many are dining, as that will affect the total bill and thus the size of the tip required?

 

[sjt22]

How many are dining, as that will affect the total bill and thus the size of the tip required?

Lol good point 2 adults xx

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

You can easily spend anywhere between probably $80 to $200 on food and drinks depending where you eat, so looking at a tip of roughly $16 to $40 per meal. Have you looked at menus to work out costs of say 1 meal at a signature and 1 meal elsewhere to give you an idea? Alcohol is expensive so will bump the bill up a bit. Not sure if your 2 meals are both TS as we have never had the DDP.

 

[sjt22]

You can easily spend anywhere between probably $80 to $200 on food and drinks depending where you eat, so looking at a tip of roughly $16 to $40 per meal. Have you looked at menus to work out costs of say 1 meal at a signature and 1 meal elsewhere to give you an idea? Alcohol is expensive so will bump the bill up a bit. Not sure if your 2 meals are both TS as we have never had the DDP.

All meals are table service with a starter main and dessert, I did use an online calculator that got it at around the $500 mark and I assumed that was based on the most expensive items and I'm sure we will not always get them. x

 

[Elise79]

Does the $500 include your alcohol?

Our bill at YS including a glass of wine each is usually in the region of $150 but thats generally only 2 courses. On that basis you tip at signatures will $30-$40 which will be all your budget before you add in your 1TS meals.

 

[sjt22]

Does the $500 include your alcohol?

Our bill at YS including a glass of wine each is usually in the region of $150 but thats generally only 2 courses. On that basis you tip at signatures will $30-$40 which will be all your budget before you add in your 1TS meals.

no it wasn't including alcohol as we wont always drink.

 

[dixonsontour]

I think a bit more - i'd estimate $50-60 daily tips for food (signature and 1 TS for 2 people) plus tips on alcohol - tip will be $5 if you have a couple of cocktails. I don't order bottles of wine but I'd guess $30-40 a bottle at the cheaper end so tip $6-$8 extra tip.

Obviously if you don't order starters/share desserts etc it will reduce tips.

We really enjoyed dxddp but the tips do add up.

 

[MrsPumpkin]

We have done DxDDP twice now - 3 adults. In 2015 we spent around $560 on tips, if that helps?

 

[micksn]

A bottle of wine is very expensive in Disney restaurants. The cheapest we saw was about 35 dollars and that wasn't in a signature restaurant. (Apart from one night - Tutto Italia!) we had a glass of wine or a cocktail to try and keep our tips down. The effects of the poor exchange rate seemed most evident when paying for alcohol and tips.

 

[Rain]

We have done DX several times and 500$ would work for us. We do tend to use Private dining a couple of times and that includes tips. We did sometimes have a counter service meal at lunch time.

 

[Jon84]

On DxDDP we tended to not drink much with the meal due to the service charge. We use the lounges where its usually more acceptable to leave $1 per drink rather than 20%, so on wine or cocktails it's much cheaper