On the Good Ship Swanky

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

And, counting how many people the wait staff serves, and doing the math, they only get about $400 a week if they receive the suggested tips from all their people,

On the cruise we took, I calculated that if eveyone the our head waiter served tipped what was recommended, it came out to well over $1000 for the one week. As service-inudstry jobs go, especially considering that they have room and board covered while they're on the ship, and considering the alternate choices in the home countries of most of the crew, that's a pretty hefty sum of money (even considering that it's seasonal).

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

On the cruise we took, I calculated that if eveyone the our head waiter served tipped what was recommended, it came out to well over $1000 for the one week. As service-inudstry jobs go, especially considering that they have room and board covered while they're on the ship, and considering the alternate choices in the home countries of most of the crew, that's a pretty hefty sum of money (even considering that it's seasonal).

Wow!!

On DCL, the servers and assistant servers are kept down to about 8-12 guests at most. And the server's suggested tip is only like $35 per person for the entire week. Although, the crew room and board on DCL is supposed to be much nicer than other lines.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Wow!!

On DCL, the servers and assistant servers are kept down to about 8-12 guests at most. And the server's suggested tip is only like $35 per person for the entire week. Although, the crew room and board on DCL is supposed to be much nicer than other lines.

There were 3 couples at our table alone, he had 2, maybe 3 tables, and the 6 person tables were the smallest. So figure at least 16 people. The tip recommendations were something on the order of $8-10/person/day.