Orlando Florida/Disneyworld (Part 2) *CLOSED*

vivatifosi

Yep, I tip the same as you disney-cjd and like you spend a lot of time there. ALL of my friends in America, who are Americans as opposed to British ex-pats do the same - double the tax and tip that, unless they get exceptional service and then they give a bit more. On the other hand, I go back to the same restaurants on two or three separate visits a year and the people know me and are always very helpful. You get what you pay for...

vivatifosi

disney_cjd wrote: »

Hi there.

Are you flying in PE or UC at all or econ? I am not sure how it all converts but if that is within you 23kg or 32 kg limit then you will be fine. Last year we brought back three bikes and two grass seed spreaders (different flights) and they were just checked in as a box.

HTH
Craig

The problem is that 77lbs is 35kgs, so they may not want to take it. Definitely worth checking first and finding out what the alternatives are....

blue_monkey_2

We went to the Rainforest Cafe at 12.00 for lunch. We had to wait until 2.30 for a table. OK fair enough. In the 2 hours that we was in there all we had was a drink each, main meal and the kids Ice Cream - which we had to rush else we would have missed getting the bus to the Airport. We hardly saw the waiter, the kids were all over the place as they were bored stiff. What would you have tipped then??

PS. I realise abovethat I said I would not tip more than $1 but I meant I would not tip less than $1 - but to leave change? No, definately not. To be fair we did mainly eat in the buffet or fast food places because of son's ASD so it was generally $1 for us.

sturll

Indout96 wrote: »

Totally agree with Disney_cjd, They may be dealing with 20 other tables but most will be British in Orlando and tips will be fairly low, Many many times we have seen big groups of English get up leaving a pile of 1 & 5c pieces on the table as the tip. Would you work for that.
They are also taxed as if they get a certain amount of tips so if they dont they could end up working for free

When we started going to the US in the early 90s 10% was excepted as normal and it has gradually risen since then The expected amount (for good service) is now between 17-20% but lets face it, the food is very cheap anyway so even adding the tip and converting it back to £ could you really get food like that in the UK for that price.
The ONLY place I would tip less would be buffets (If I'm ever forced to go to one) as I am doing the serving myself :rotfl:

I must say we have never encountered the tipping problem except in Florida (Orlando is worst) and LA and the pile of change has only ever been seen with British diners.

Only bad story I have was in Vegas in 97 when the bill came to around $40, I gave the waitress $100 to be asked "will you be wanting any change" :rotfl: now that was pushing it a bit.

Graham

Ha ha ha, that brings back memories of HRC in Orlando a few years back. the bill came to about $55 and i gave him to $100, he said thanks and dissapeared. About ten minutes later i realised he'd thought it was the tip. I went and moaned and was told he was on his lunch and wouldnt be back for an hour and id have to see him. No probs i thought. An hour later i came back and got my change and left nothing.

Obviouslyt most are'nt like that. But you do get a few chancers.

jetskidia

When I was in New York recently I didnt leave a tip as I thought my wife had, anyway about 100 yards down the road from the deli the waiter came running after us:rotfl:

dazzer68

i worked in retail for 20 years on minimum wage, and never got and nevr expected to get tipped. it was my choice to into the job, theres other stuff i could have gone into. same with waiters. if they serve well you might tip them, but why shoud you have to? this makes the employers pay less!?

HIJKsplit

Sorry to just jump in uninvited but I was wondering about something.

When you have to show your credit card for car hire do they take any money off it at that time, I only have a £500 limit , or do they just take your details for the record so to speak.


Many thanks

disney_cjd

HIJKsplit wrote: »

Sorry to just jump in uninvited but I was wondering about something.

When you have to show your credit card for car hire do they take any money off it at that time, I only have a £500 limit , or do they just take your details for the record so to speak.


Many thanks

Do not apologise.

OK, so if you have paid IN FULL for your car hire already then no, there is no charge to your card. They just keep your details in case you dont bring it back!

Froggitt

Ah. They *may* do what hotels do and pre-authorise/ring fence an amount of money on the card. Thats different to taking money from your card, and as the above poster said, there is no charge to your card at that point.

They wont take any money unless something bad happens thats not covered by the various insurances. However, you may have a problem if the amount they want to ring fence is greater than your available credit on the card.

sturll

disney_cjd wrote: »

Do not apologise.

OK, so if you have paid IN FULL for your car hire already then no, there is no charge to your card. They just keep your details in case you dont bring it back!

It depends. I always pay in full and can confirm that Dollar at:

Orlando, Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles do not.
Sacramento do.