RCARD Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 When cruising, we usually take the UDP for our the weekend provide a tip at each service. Recently, we went on a 4 night cruise and decided to take advantage of the Diamond BOGO first/second night offer where you only pay for one person. An 18% gratuity was added to the bill. At restaurants on land I'm accustomed to tipping on the 'entire' amount if any discount was applied. For example, on a BOGO meal I'd simply tip on the amount before discount (ie. double the tip). So on our cruise I used the same logic and added an additional 18%. Service and food were great and it was well worth it. Now we're heading out on another cruise and I realized that the UDP total charge includes an 18% gratuity (never really paid attention before). Does anyone know if that gratuity goes directly to the specialty dining staff? Since we also prepay gratuities for the cruise, do specialty dining staff get a piece of that or does it go to MDR which we aren't using? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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