tipping on a 3 night cruise

[wdwstar]

just wondering, this will be our first cruise and we are thinking of doing a back to back jan.2 & jan 5 (two 3 night bacak to back )

 

[mmouse37]

You would tip for both cruises.....you may or may not get the same wait staff and/or room steward so be prepared to tip for each cruise....not one lump sum at the end of the 2nd cruise.

 

[wdwstar]

i knew i had to tip for both cruises, i was just wondering about how much the tip will be for a 3 night so i can times it by 2 . thanks

 

[jrabbit]

just wondering, this will be our first cruise and we are thinking of doing a back to back jan.2 & jan 5 (two 3 night bacak to back )

Just Wondering - how do you do two 3-nighters back to back I'm not up on what the Christmas cruises are doing and what DCL is doing to get the ships back on their normal schedules.

Who do you tip, how much?

Your Server (takes your food order and brings you your food), Assistant Server (takes your beverage order, brings the bread to the table and assists the server in delivering your food, head server (the person that makes sure that your server and assistant servers are doing their jobs. Also comes around on the last night and introduces them self and says "remember to tip me please” ) and Room Steward (Cleans up your room several times per day, brings you ice for your cooler, usually makes towel animals, turns down your bed and makes up the couch into a bed and sets up the pull down bed every evening. We've found these folks to be some of the nicest/friendliest people working for you.

Now for the how much (the following amounts are PER GUEST (including children) for THE ENTIRE cruise). This is from DCL's web site.
What about gratuities? (September 2004)
We'll make it easy. It is customary to give gratuities in recognition of service, which you will most likely be treated to in abundance aboard the ship. As a guideline, may we suggest the following:


Per Guest per cruise______3-Night____4-Night____7-Night
......Dining Room Server___11.00______14.75______25.75
Dining Room Asst. Server____8.00______10.75______18.75
.Dining Room Head Server____2.75_______3.75_______6.50
..Stateroom Host/Hostess___10.75______14.50______25.25
Dining Manager Your Discretion
Room Service Your Discretion

For your convenience, a 15% gratuity is automatically added to bar, beverage, wine, and deck service tabs. All gratuities can be charged to your room charge.
At the Walt Disney World® Resort, 15% is the customary gratuity at restaurants and bars.

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This is me again to give a real world example

So if there are 3 of you on a THREE night cruise your tips would be:

Server________3*11.00 = 33.00
Asst. Server__3* 8.00 = 24.00
Head Server___3* 2.75 = 8.25
Stateroom_____3*10.75 = 32.25
________________Total: 97.50

 

[wdwstar]

Thank you, i just wanted a estimated price per cruise and you gave me a great estimated answer.

as far as the back to back 3 night cruise, there is a 3 night that leaves on jan. 2 and returns on jan. 5 the next 3 night cruise leaves on jan. 5 and returns on jan. 7 and by then the wonder should be back on track to alt with the 4 night cruise.

i just read about the 7 night cruise back to back and dcl let them stay on the ship as long as they stayed out of their cabin for cleaning and out of the cm way. sounds ok with me, or we can leave and reboard with everyone else.

when i talked to dcl they said they would just keep me in the same cabin for both cruise so i didnt have to pack my luggage.

i really wanted the 4 night dec. 29, but our plane doesnt come in until 3pm in mco and they only had inside cabins and we would need to cabins, but they werent sure if they could have them connected. so i figure for about $1000.00 more i could do the 3-c back to 3-c back and get two more nights
compare to the 4 night c.

 

[mmouse37]

Sounds like fun....have a great cruise, I mean cruises!!!! Our last DCL cruise was this past January 6th for a 3 night....we had fabulous weather....high 70's and low 80's compared to our January cruise in 2003 where it was high 50's/low 60's..