Tips credit card or cash?

[wayneg]

how much are u ment to tip?

Whatever you think the service is worth. 15%-20% is the most common range most work to, tip less for poor service more for exceptional service.
The tip is worked out on pre-tax price, don't tip the tax part of the bill.
Remember when dining in the US you are paying for food and its cooking, the service staff earn a minimum wage in Florida of approx $2.75/hr, the rest of their wage is made up by diners.

 

[paulh]

they only charge the KTTW on the last night, so if you have some cash left over,pop over to front desk and use up any unwanted cash or TC`s before they charge your card
Paul

 

[paulh]

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Remember when dining in the US you are paying for food and its cooking, the service staff earn a minimum wage in Florida of approx $2.75/hr, the rest of their wage is made up by diners.

Taken from disneys own job site.


Culinary cast members at the Walt Disney World® Resort have the opportunity to provide first-rate dining experiences while working for one of the world’s leading entertainment and hospitality companies. With more than 300 Food & Beverage locations throughout property, Culinary cast members experience a world of options, from quick service to Five-Diamond dining.

Culinary roles receive a starting rate of $9.15 to $12.95/hour


Me will tip what i think is suitable usaly 10% and you will find that a lot of Americans will tip the same.
Paul

 

[chmurf]

I don't know about waiter/server's wages

the only thing I know is that on every check it's written : "please pay your server"
and there are 2 lines giving information on the price of a 18% and 20% tip calculated from your tab, so that you don't have to do the maths yourself.

I would consider that official enough to use as a guideline.

I usually tip roughly 19% unless service's been really poor (never happened)
Actually I round the tip to a convinient figure within the 18-19% bracket.

I know tipping is a touchy subject, so I'll just give my opinion on PP's 10% (not judging, just giving my own 2 cents). As far as I'm concerned, leaving 10% probably would be my way to insult a waiter. But I guess it's anyone's business. Some guests do not tip at all.
but for a CM there might be a difference. 0 tip could mean a rude guest. 10% tip might leave the CM wonder what he/she did wrong.

I'll still go with 19% KTTW

 

[alebisi]

how much are u ment to tip?

Taken from disneys own job site.


Culinary cast members at the Walt Disney World® Resort have the opportunity to provide first-rate dining experiences while working for one of the world’s leading entertainment and hospitality companies. With more than 300 Food & Beverage locations throughout property, Culinary cast members experience a world of options, from quick service to Five-Diamond dining.

Culinary roles receive a starting rate of $9.15 to $12.95/hour


Me will tip what i think is suitable usaly 10% and you will find that a lot of Americans will tip the same.
Paul

I'll try to tip 18% (I don't think I can't afford 14 meals tipping 20% even if I'd like to). I have to calculate a budget before, if I can I will tip 18% (if the service is good) if not I'll tip 15%. If the service is extraordinary I'll give 20%.
Thanks for the info. I respect what other people give as a tip, but let's just keep the answers about the question I made. I don't want this thread to turn into a polemic one XD (money tends to do that!)

 

[alebisi]

and there are 2 lines giving information on the price of a 18% and 20% tip calculated from your tab, so that you don't have to do the maths yourself.

It's nice to know that Disney does the math for you! I still will calculate before my trip the most expensive meal, desert and beverages times two (as we are two adults) in that way I know how much money roughly I'll pay each day on tips. We'll probably don't ask everyday foe the most expensive plate, but in that way if we have some left over money we can spend it on other things

 

[catherine]

how much are u ment to tip?

We usually tip between 18 - 20%. However if we have excellent service we do tip more! more

 

[Elise79]

Taken from disneys own job site.


Culinary cast members at the Walt Disney World® Resort have the opportunity to provide first-rate dining experiences while working for one of the world’s leading entertainment and hospitality companies. With more than 300 Food & Beverage locations throughout property, Culinary cast members experience a world of options, from quick service to Five-Diamond dining.

Culinary roles receive a starting rate of $9.15 to $12.95/hour


Me will tip what i think is suitable usaly 10% and you will find that a lot of Americans will tip the same.
Paul

That role is for kitchen staff - servers are around $4.75 plus tips.

 

[wayneg]

Culinary roles receive a starting rate of $9.15 to $12.95/hour

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This is the one you want Paul, again taken from Disney's Job site

"Food and Beverage Server roles receive a starting rate of $4.75/hour, plus gratuities/tips."

There is a bill going thru just now wanting to reduce the minimum wage to $2.13 for companies that agree to guarantee that with wages and tips their employees will make at least $9.98 an hour.
I bet Disney would love this to go thru, halving their wage bill, can't see them having to add anything to top up wages to $9.98/hr.

 

[queendisney]

We normally tip a min of 12% if the service was rubbish and then go up from there. I would say that generally we tip around the 18% mark. We also leave $3.00 per day for housekeeping. There are only 2 of us and we had been leaving $2 per day until last time then remembered that we had been leaving this amt for years and though it was time to increase it by 50c per person

 

[tinkerbells mum]

before we went last year (and will do the same for next year) i worked out roughly how much tips would be for each ADR we had booked (mainly character meals so a set price) made tip envelopes saying what day/place it was for and put the money in it before we even left home. i knew then that all tips were "paid" and the money i had left over was spending money. it was easy enough to adjust the enelopes if need be at the end of the meal. i did the same for Mouse Keeping. it was a bit of work before hand but worked out really well and generally the server commented on how nice the tip envelopes were. i love all the pre-planning and really enjoyed making the envelopes and researching costs of different restaurants, does this make me an obsessive planner

 

[paulh]

This is the one you want Paul, again taken from Disney's Job site

"Food and Beverage Server roles receive a starting rate of $4.75/hour, plus gratuities/tips."

There is a bill going thru just now wanting to reduce the minimum wage to $2.13 for companies that agree to guarantee that with wages and tips their employees will make at least $9.98 an hour.
I bet Disney would love this to go thru, halving their wage bill, can't see them having to add anything to top up wages to $9.98/hr.

still the Disney restaurant servers are the best paid in Florida, tip what you want not what your told
Paul

 

[alebisi]

before we went last year (and will do the same for next year) i worked out roughly how much tips would be for each ADR we had booked (mainly character meals so a set price) made tip envelopes saying what day/place it was for and put the money in it before we even left home. i knew then that all tips were "paid" and the money i had left over was spending money. it was easy enough to adjust the enelopes if need be at the end of the meal. i did the same for Mouse Keeping. it was a bit of work before hand but worked out really well and generally the server commented on how nice the tip envelopes were. i love all the pre-planning and really enjoyed making the envelopes and researching costs of different restaurants, does this make me an obsessive planner

That sounds fun! I'm considering on giving the tips cash just so I can make the envelopes this sounds fun!!