Makaylee

Except you can't if you use anytime dining (or whatever RC calls it, It's Select Dining on Celebrity) as they enforce pre-paid gratuities. And it's not just pre-paid for the dining room staff, it's prepaid for the room stewards as well, so you lose your flexibility there as well.

 

And as they allocate more of the dining room for the anytime dining, more people will be forced into pre-paying gratuities and lose their choice of whether to tip the full amount or not, and I guess that method is having the tips added to your bill.

 

I personally have no problem with the full amount, with the exception of the assistant maitre'd, who I am fairly sure is salaried and rarely does anything worthy of his tip (at least for me). And as someone else said, people like to use their OBC for tips, which works well when they add it to your bill but not when you have to prepay.

 

And to Sharon, no, it would not "warrant you requesting to have your tips removed." I'd be very surprised if you can have pre-paid tips refunded while on the cruise. If you are in that situation (where you cannot get first seating but second is available), take second and waitlist first, or try to get it changed while on the ship. That way you will not have to pre-pay gratuities and can try to get first seating when you board. Of course, you should still somehow provide a tip for the dining staff if you are eating at the WJ.

If you chose MTD you can not adjust your tips? What if you happen to have really poor service? I know that's few and far between, but what if? And before anyone flames me I have been on 5 cruises and I have never tipped under the recommended. I have always liked knowing that I had that option though.