tip for open seating?

[DominoBlue97]

I've read that breakfast and dinner in the main dining room are "open seating", which I assume means you don't necessarily eat at your usual dinner table with your usual waiters. Am I right about that, and if so, is it customary to separately tip the waiters at this open seating lunch or dinner?

[cruising with marti]

No open seating for dinner, breakfast and lunch only.

 

 

Phil

[espmass]

You don't tip at the open seatings for breakfast or lunch.

[Gimpster]

What Phil said. But if a breakfast or lunch waiter gave you some 'above and beyond' a tip would be nice. Its happened to me before - to the extent that I look for that waiter when we cruise. Hugo was great!

[DominoBlue97]

Whoops, I meant to say "breakfast and lunch" are open seating. I knew that dinner was fixed seating, but I had a mental lapse when typing. Thanks for the input!

[BrooklynGirl2]

Same thing happened with us Terry. We met a wonderful waiter at open seating lunch. I didn't tip him at the time but later I sent him something to say thanks. On our following cruise we requested him for our dinner waiter and we had a wonderful time. We also met a great waiter at breakfast on a later cruise and we gave him an extra tip at the end of the cruise.

 

We enjoy open seating breakfast and lunch as it gives us the opportunity to meet and chat with new people and also get to know the staff.:)

[CaptData]

The +$10.50 per day covers these people too.