Whereas, I know tipping for this isn't necessary, and I don't feel OBLIGATED...it's generally my pleasure. At home, I confess...I don't always make my own bed. The horror, I know. So, coming back from the parks dead tired and sweaty and finding a crisply made bed is such a delight!
In fact, me and DS have a signature way we tip. It's something we've cooked up that passes along Disney Magic to the CM. I'm gonna be a snot and not disclose what we do that's unique, because as I said, it's our signature.
I'm there having the time of my life, living it up, eating out every night, watching fireworks...I want to pass this along.
I understand they make a fair amount of money, and I'm not beyond withholding the tip if the room was messy or requests and standards were not met or exceeded. That'd be something else, and luckily I've never been in that position.
And I've never had a Mousekeeper stand there expectantly for a tip, unlike..bell services. Ugh. I feel better about tipping mousekeeping.
I've arrived at a resort where my towncar driver was supposed to unload my luggage, but instead let someone she seemed to know well from bell services step in and do it. Well, I knew well enough that I had to tip her. But I sure as hell wasn't going to encourage that tag teaming, because that same fellow wasn't going to be the one to shuffle my bags up to my room, where I would have to tip again. I felt scammed and when he stood there, I smiled pleasantly, thanked him and went in to check in. The nerve. / end rant.
I tip when someone brings something to my trip and doesn't expect anything in return. I'm not cheap by any standard. But I won't be pressured out of a tip that someone didn't deserve.