Cruise costs and paying tips

Andrews top tips, on tips and costs. ( updated). 

Gratuities are not included in the price of a cruise, please see this website to calculate yours, for the main tipping positions.

http://cruisetip.tpkeller.com/

There are 4 standard positions you tip 

- 1 is your stateroom host. 

-3 are your dining service team - your head server, server and assistant server. 

Your server will be the one that leads service for your table and a couple others in the same area. 

The assistant server works with your server and typically handles drink orders and does running for your server. 

The head server some people have little interaction with outside of saying hello every night but this person manages your team (and about 1/3 of the whole restaurant) and addresses any problems.

Tips for these 4 positions are suggested at a total for all of $12 per person per day.

Typically you give the tips on the last night of the cruise. 

DCL automatically adds the suggested amount to your onboard account but you can adjust or even remove if you prefer to tip in cash. 

You will get information on board (you get little slips to give out on the last night if you charge the tips to your onboard account.)

If you are concierge, you may also tip the concierge hosts. This amount is at your discretion and would vary based on how much service they provide your family.

You get little tickets if you pre pay or it's debited to your ship account, you have these over last night. Even the head server will make an appearance.

You will see your servers on the last night at dinner, and the stateroom host will be around in the corridors moving luggage and making up rooms all evening. You hand over the envelopes provided with tips in them, you can add cash if you wish. 

Do hand them over, as mistakes occur, some staff have long names, and I have hadthe wrong serving team named on my tickets, but if you hand them over, they can sort it out, but do check tickets that arrive before last night in your stateroom. Concierge will sort out in concierge inc their tips.

Note last night is the traditional time to do it, and as well as that, some staff may goto a surprise border immigration check, on debarking morning, or may leave the shipon leave and over staff cover Breakfast.

You tip at your discretion- at the time for:-

Room service.

Porters.

Palo.

Boutique 

Spa is auto added, and drinks auto added, ( bar the included ones). 

Other than that, what is extra? 

1. Alcoholic drinks at the bars and from roving servers (welcome aboard) plus tip.

2. Wine by the glass or wine packages at meals

3. Spa treatments

4. Shore excursions 

5. Purchases from the stores: clothing, sundries, jewelry, souvenirs, etc.

6. Adult dining (Palo) plus tip.

7. Bottled water

8. Photos (individual and packages)

9. Onboard booking for future cruises

10. Disney Vacation Club membership (you can purchase on board)

11. Art 

12. Candy and snacks outside theater

13. Tips for room service , basic items made on ship are free i.e. Tea coffee advertised food made on ship, but from room service, sweets, ( candy) soda in cans, alcohol all have a cost plus tip.

14. Internet

15. Room upgrades (usually at port, sometimes GS)

16. Bingo

17. Parking/transportation

18. Port porters

19. Alcohol and cigarettes for delivery at end of voyage

20. Welcome aboard packages (flowers, candy, etc waiting in your cabin)

21. Adventures by Disney (you can purchase on board)

22. Cameras from photo shop

23. Cellular phone calls (although it will be billed later to your phone bill)

24. Medical care

25. Cigars (bar)

26. Arcade

27. Hair Braiding

28. Nursery care for children under 3

29. Tastings and Mixology

30. Excursion tips

31. Soft drinks from room service or bar

32. Specialty coffee

33. Meeting room rental

34. Upcharge food items at the adult clubs

35.  Sparkling or still water with your meal

36. Sports simulator

37. Laundry room and send-out laundry and dry cleaning

38. Tuxedo rentals

39. Room service sodas and candy (these have a charge)

40. Additional tip (over the automatic) for bar servers

41. Required gratuity added to spa services

42. Pins sold at trading pin sessions

43. Adventures by Disney trip (can be purchased on board)

44. Duties at customs at end of cruise if you've made a LOT of purchases abroad

45. Ship to shore calls from your room phone

46. Fuel supplement charge if the price of oil is above a certain level

47. Popcorn at theater

48. Fish Extender program gifts

49. Kids’s club magic bands (if you want to keep them, you lose the deposit)

50. Stamps