Tipping on new dining plan

[adisneynut]

We were able to also write in a tip and use our Disney Gift Card for tips. Sometimes we would leave cash.Just told the server we wished to use cash. We would leave more for than 18% for great service and less for poor service. However we opted not to have card charging added to room keys we had enough in gigt cards and cash to cover expenses. Too many people CC info is gettting hacked into for my comfort.

One more thing the servers only get paid about $2.25/hr plus tips. How many of us would work for this? I was told this by a non servering cast member.

 

[TLSnell1981]

We were able to also write in a tip and use our Disney Gift Card for tips. Sometimes we would leave cash.Just told the server we wished to use cssh. We would leave for than 18% for great service and less for poor service. However we opted not to have card charging added to room keys we had enough in gigt cards and cash to cover expenses. Too many people CC info is gettting hacked into for my comfort.

One more thing the servers only get paid about $2.25/hr plus tips. How many of us would work for this? I was told this by a non servering cast members.

Disney servers, on this board, have stated they average between $150-$250 in tips per shift. Evidently, an average shift is 6.5 hours. Who would work for that?

 

[adisneynut]

Disney servers, on this board, have stated they average between $150-$250 in tips per shift. Evedently, an average shift is 6.5 hours. Who would work for that?

They want make that if guest start walking out without tipping. That is what I was referring to.

 

[TLSnell1981]

They want make that if guest start walking out without tipping. That is what I was referring to.

That is why the new contract has ALL DDE guests and parties over 5 being charge an 18% service charge on all TS and buffets. This is supposed to off set anything they "lose" from DDP.

 

[just another guy]

Disney servers, on this board, have stated they average between $150-$250 in tips per shift. Evidently, an average shift is 6.5 hours. Who would work for that?

very, VERY few people are making $250 in tips. Read below. Also, some of the servers I know go in at 3pm, and leave at 11:30ish. Here's what BuffaloGal said just a couple days ago:

The average Disney server DOES NOT take home $200+ a night. The location that was cited is one the higher end of Disney locations. I don't begrudge anyone $200 or more a shift. I have worked at Signature, hard menu ts, family style ts, and character family style ts all over property. My absolute average for these locations as a part-time server was probably $150. I was recently lucky enough to snag a full-time position. It's relatively low key and lower paying location. My average here is about $90 per shift and the shifts are long.

Those are the real averages, and they are far from anything shocking, especially knowing disney's part time servers make up about 75% of their staff, and only get scheduled 2 days on average. I could make $100-150 on a busy night at Apple Bees back when I was in college.

 

[LexPlayer]

very, VERY few people are making $250 in tips. Read below. Also, some of the servers I know go in at 3pm, and leave at 11:30ish. Here's what BuffaloGal said just a couple days ago:



Those are the real averages, and they are far from anything shocking, especially knowing disney's part time servers make up about 75% of their staff, and only get scheduled 2 days on average. I could make $100-150 on a busy night at Apple Bees back when I was in college.

What's the difference as to whether a server works 2 days a week or 7 days a week? After all, I thought we were supposed to tip based upon the level of "service"? Am I supposed to tip more for a part-time server than a full-time server? Should I ask each server the number of hours that they work and further inquire as to whether thay have additional part-time work (as well as how much it pays)?

What IS relevant regarding wages earned by the waitstaff is determine whether they are, in fact, "earning less than minimum wage" which is the war cry for the Disney defenders. Can we finally agree that servers make more than minimum wage?

 

[just another guy]

Can we finally agree that servers make more than minimum wage?

I've never said they don't. The problem is with people tossing out that $250 figure, which is border line false to begin with. Someone may think of a friend they know who is a server and works about 6-7 shifts a week. I myself did that at apple bees all the time. They put two and two together and now falsely think the average disney server is making 6 figures. 1/3rd of that would be a stretch.

Yes, you should tip based on the service, but if someone makes 30K a year, saves up for their once in a life time vacation to disney, and falsely things all the servers make 100K a year, they might leave a bad tip for no other reason that, "these servers make 3 times what I do." which again is false.

 

[Elmo888]

so soon you be asked to leve a 20% tip as standard?looks like we will be paying for servers next wage increse,not disney heck they might start putting 25% on then 30% on,this is why people dont like being told what to pay
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The standard tip in the US is 15 - 20 percent of the total bill, before taxes. I'm sure that it varies in different parts of the US. (I'm guessing that the east coast standard is probably 18 -20 percent.) I don't think that Disney would suggest above 20 percent because it isn't the standard.

And, yes, it would be nice if the servers (not just at Disney) were paid better, and the costs were just built in to the prices of the food and beverages instead of "assuming" that the customer will cover the costs. But it doesn't work that way in the US. Tips are required, and wait staff expects tips whether the service is great, good, average, or poor.

It can be confusing if you are from another country (and, from my perspective, confusing when I travel to another country).

I hope that gives some clarification to the US tipping "standards".

 

[BuffaloGal]

Disney servers, on this board, have stated they average between $150-$250 in tips per shift. Evidently, an average shift is 6.5 hours. Who would work for that?

NO Disney server said that. I said about $150 and I even did the math for all of you. $250 is VERY high end in Disney's busiest restaurants. Today, after an eight hour shift, I walked out with $67 in my pocket. That was with a 20% or better tip on every table.

 

[angelmav]

NO Disney server said that. I said about $150 and I even did the math for all of you. $250 is VERY high end in Disney's busiest restaurants. Today, after an eight hour shift, I walked out with $67 in my pocket. That was with a 20% or better tip on every table.

Well then you obviously werent very busy if thats what you averaged in tips that shift, but even at that rate, adding in your wages that puts you at about $10 bucks an hour or well above minimum wage. Hey it would be nice if everyone made more, we were all taller, better looking, etc, etc...

 

[LexPlayer]

NO Disney server said that. I said about $150 and I even did the math for all of you. $250 is VERY high end in Disney's busiest restaurants. Today, after an eight hour shift, I walked out with $67 in my pocket. That was with a 20% or better tip on every table.

There was a server on here that stated she made $240-$270 on a 6.5 hour shift and then tipped out the busboys approximately $50. The Disney server was NOT you, BuffaloGal, it was someone else who now regrets that she shared her earnings with the people on this Board. She even stated that servers "make a lot of money." That was the person's quote- not mine.

 

[TLSnell1981]

NO Disney server said that. I said about $150 and I even did the math for all of you. $250 is VERY high end in Disney's busiest restaurants. Today, after an eight hour shift, I walked out with $67 in my pocket. That was with a 20% or better tip on every table.

Uhhh...yes they did.

You only had checks totaling $335 in 8 hrs? Wow! Things must be very slow to do little more than $40 per hour gross at a WDW restaurant. Or, is that the cash you left with and the CC tips will appear on your check?

 

[Pumbaa_]

The OP question has been answered and this thread has run its course.

For the record, the server who shared her information is a seasonal worker who works 2 shifts a YEAR! This should not be the standard to measure all servers against.