spirit of the swamp

[oeamon]

doing spirit of the swamp in a few weeks - anyone done this and have a feel for the expected gratuity for the boat captain-

[swiper]

Loved captain Harold ... we have done this trip many times and each one has been different!
And yes you can tip the captain.

[oeamon]

Originally Posted by swiper

Loved captain Harold ... we have done this trip many times and each one has been different!
And yes you can tip the captain.

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thanks - I am really looking forward to it. I am expecting to tip. I just wondered if its the same as the restaurants or something different.

[Wembleygal]

I think we tipped 5 dollars each (there were 3 of us) ...

[Stitch73]

We did this 3 weeks ago and it was amazing. We gave our Captain a $30 tip, he kept us out of the rain and we saw 3 mums and a 2 year old. He earned it, there was 5 of us.

[Segdude]

We love Spirit of the Swamp. On our last trip our captain really looked after us (one DD had a really bad panic attack) and he was very concerned and went out of his way to make sure she was ok. I would think $5 a person is acceptable, although we tipped him $40 as we thought he went "above and beyond".

[thefourDs]

I think we tipped $30. We absolutely loved it!

[coggie]

I think you'll find there is a small sign at the front of the boat suggesting you tip, there certainly was when we went the other week.

Having said that I wouldn't tip simply because of that but the trip itself was superb and tipped $20 for the three of us.

Can't remember which captain we had but he was superb and had a very interesting take on the gator incident at the Grand Floridian a year or two back.