LuvMyLatte
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I don't recall ever tipping Magical Express people but I wondering if they can accept tips? Everyone else seems to get tipped...bell boys, wait staff, mousekeeping. Well maybe not the tram driver, but ....
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Do you tip Magical Express?
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Sweet Melissa
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I've never asked the Magical Express drivers to store bags for me, but I have tipped on a few occasions when I thought that the drivers were performing beyond their duties in other ways. On our last trip, the driver was very funny and spirited. He was cracking jokes, engaging the guests and just generally setting the tone for a group of excited vacationers anticipating a magical stay. He was more lively and charming than any other driver we'd ever encountered, so we tipped him when we got to our resort. I regret that I didn't write down his name and let management know what a great job he was doing.
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irmonkey
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They do have signs that say that they accept tips.
I would tip if I allowed them to handle my luggage. I don't think I'd tip more if the driver was lively and talking to people, joking, etc. Last year the driver on my bus flipped on the "Welcome to WDW" video and didn't say a word.
I would tip if I allowed them to handle my luggage. I don't think I'd tip more if the driver was lively and talking to people, joking, etc. Last year the driver on my bus flipped on the "Welcome to WDW" video and didn't say a word.
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captainkidd
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Tipping is a weird thing. My guess is, ME drivers make the same amount of money as Disney bus drivers, yet Disney bus drivers get no tips. Granted, they don't handle luggage, but they do help with wheelchairs and scooters.
We tip ME drivers. The only people I can't stand to tip in Disney are taxi drivers. We do it, but it's ridiculous. I'm already paying $10 to be driven from the Polynesian to the Wilderness Lodge.
We tip ME drivers. The only people I can't stand to tip in Disney are taxi drivers. We do it, but it's ridiculous. I'm already paying $10 to be driven from the Polynesian to the Wilderness Lodge.
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captainkidd
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That was our magic number from DTD to the Poly. We must have had the same driver.:lol:
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loveofamouse
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Call me an @$$ but I want to point out that some, not all, of those people may just not have the money. Maybe they had no cash. Maybe they are barely affording to take their families. Remember, not everyone going to WDW has decent salaries. Some have saved for years for that 1 trip.
I, for one, have an opposite view on tipping. I think tipping has gotten WAY out of hand. There are jobs that tipping is part of the pay i.e. waiters. They make about $2 an hr because tips are apart of their hourly wages. If they don't make enough tips, the hr wage goes to bare minimum wage (approx. $6.15/hr) On the other hand, jobs like bus driver and housekeeping don't make just $2/hr. Yeah the pay isn't georgeous but it's way better than minimum wage, prolly around $9/hr. Then, on top of that, it is their jobs to clean or drive the bus.
My point is this, if you see someone doing MORE than the minimum service AND you have the funds, by all means tip them. But don't feel pressured to tip people for their service when it's their job. Society has made it almost standard to include tips for these services that people feel they can't use them without tipping. On the opposite hand, some workers act like they won't do their job at all if yoou don't tip them. I've heard horror stories of housekeepers doing things to people stuff because they left no tip or drivers ignoring certain passengers because they feel they wouldn't get a tip. I mean, if you were struggling with your bag and I helped you, would yoou tip me? lol Why not? It's not my job and I'm doing something more than expected. Or am I just being a good person and doing the right thing?
For me, if housekeeping does just the norm, I don't worry about it. I've had housekeepers go as far as to refold my kids' tossed clean clothes and organize their bathroom counter. To me, that's MORE than they had to do. I tipped them
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WDWmazprty
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Call me an @$$ but I want to point out that some, not all, of those people may just not have the money. Maybe they had no cash. Maybe they are barely affording to take their families. Remember, not everyone going to WDW has decent salaries. Some have saved for years for that 1 trip.
I, for one, have an opposite view on tipping. I think tipping has gotten WAY out of hand. There are jobs that tipping is part of the pay i.e. waiters. They make about $2 an hr because tips are apart of their hourly wages. If they don't make enough tips, the hr wage goes to bare minimum wage (approx. $6.15/hr) On the other hand, jobs like bus driver and housekeeping don't make just $2/hr. Yeah the pay isn't georgeous but it's way better than minimum wage, prolly around $9/hr. Then, on top of that, it is their jobs to clean or drive the bus.
My point is this, if you see someone doing MORE than the minimum service AND you have the funds, by all means tip them. But don't feel pressured to tip people for their service when it's their job. Society has made it almost standard to include tips for these services that people feel they can't use them without tipping. On the opposite hand, some workers act like they won't do their job at all if yoou don't tip them. I've heard horror stories of housekeepers doing things to people stuff because they left no tip or drivers ignoring certain passengers because they feel they wouldn't get a tip. I mean, if you were struggling with your bag and I helped you, would yoou tip me? lol Why not? It's not my job and I'm doing something more than expected. Or am I just being a good person and doing the right thing?
For me, if housekeeping does just the norm, I don't worry about it. I've had housekeepers go as far as to refold my kids' tossed clean clothes and organize their bathroom counter. To me, that's MORE than they had to do. I tipped them
Well said.
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CleveRocks
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Yes, as a matter of fact, I DO have some insight into this.
From a budget and administrative point of view, DME is related to resort reservations. You can't make a DME reservation without having a resort reservation. Hence, it's possible to make a DME reservation with the 407-W-DISNEY people.
The DME folks don't get resort reservations into their computer system until 60 days before arrival. So if you call 866-599-0951 when you're 61 days out, they won't be able to help you at all. But if you call back at the 60 day mark, they'll find you in their system and will be able to help.
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I do agree with you WDWfqntflyer. A tip should be EARNED not EXPECTED. Last November, when we went, I tipped Mousekeeping for the first 3 days and then stopped. There was a dead spider in the bathroom, yes I could have picked it up myself,,,but it was more like a test, it sat dead in the bathroom for 3days. My tipping Mousekeeping stopped at that point. Finally, I place a bar of soap next to it and then it got picked up with the bar of soap. This told me a few things: my tips did not make cleaning of the room any cleaner, the bathroom floor had not been cleaned for days and the Mousekeeper we had wa a little lazy. Then again most of CBR was not as clean as other resorts I have stayed at. ON the other hand I have over tipped waiters and other Mosekeepers due to their impecable service.
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loveofamouse
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I do agree with you WDWfqntflyer. A tip should be EARNED not EXPECTED. Last November, when we went, I tipped Mousekeeping for the first 3 days and then stopped. There was a dead spider in the bathroom, yes I could have picked it up myself,,,but it was more like a test, it sat dead in the bathroom for 3days. My tipping Mousekeeping stopped at that point. Finally, I place a bar of soap next to it and then it got picked up with the bar of soap. This told me a few things: my tips did not make cleaning of the room any cleaner, the bathroom floor had not been cleaned for days and the Mousekeeper we had wa a little lazy. Then again most of CBR was not as clean as other resorts I have stayed at. ON the other hand I have over tipped waiters and other Mosekeepers due to their impecable service.
We've had the nonobserving mousekeeping, too. One year, one of my kids peed the bed. I pulled back the blankets so it could be seen and left a note. When we got back, the beds had been made. Pulled the blanket back, huge ______ stain. Yeah, a phone call was made lol
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