What are your requests with the Room Steward upon arrival to your cabin?

[thesmiths]

Curious to hear what people have asked for.

 

In the past it was extra pillows and keep the ice filled in the PM.

And always handing a $20.00 bill upon meeting.

[Keys2Heaven]

The only thing we've asked for is that the mini-fridge is emptied out for our water and that we have ice daily. Tip is usually at the end, but may slip a $20 when we embark this year.

[ItsAllAboutTheSass]

Ice 2x a day.

[First and Ten]

i typically hand him/her $40....i ask for the ice bucket to be kept full and show him/her a picture of my luggage to see if he/she can get it right away....it usually works

[debster11]

I'll usually tip $20 upon meeting our steward for the first time. I ask to keep our ice filled. Always have gotten this.

 

 

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[countrygirlcruiser1234]

4 extra pillows...one for each of us

Ice

please leave my towel animals

always tip $20 on day one and $20-$40 on the last day.

[13cheermom]

For those that do the pre-tip on first day do you find you get better service for the week? We always tip extra on the next to last night of cruise. Considering splitting it 20/20 instead of typical 40 at end? Any comparison would be appreciated!

 

 

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[Mary Ellen1]

Extra hangers

Extra towels

1 robe

[debster11]

For those that do the pre-tip on first day do you find you get better service for the week? We always tip extra on the next to last night of cruise. Considering splitting it 20/20 instead of typical 40 at end? Any comparison would be appreciated!

 

 

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I have always found them giving a little extra when I tip on first day. They have so many more cabins now but always remember my name.

 

 

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[tea4ular]

Clear out the mini fridge; ice in our cooler replenished; extra towels - that's about it. We're always courteous, never have had a bad steward experience.

[crusinpsychRN]

Keep collapsible cooler filled.

Leave trash can between bed and sofa, not under the counter.

Early service if staying aboard in port.

 

Seems now I'll have to ask for a robe.

[First and Ten]

I have always found them giving a little extra when I tip on first day. They have so many more cabins now but always remember my name.

 

 

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Agree....i believe the old adage of "Money talks, BS walks"

[crusinpsychRN]

Clear out the mini fridge; ice in our cooler replenished; extra towels - that's about it. We're always courteous, never have had a bad steward experience.

 

Mini fridge is already empty now. Unfortunately with no shelf.

[mom2tcdx2]

Pretty much only keeping the ice bucket with ice in it. Occasionally we have had to have the bed arrangement fixed upon arriving, but overall we really don't ask for anything in particular.

[Gamecock_Cruiser]

Just ice... and if I don't have room for a fan, I will request one of those! We roasted at night the last few cruises.

[FloridaMommyof3]

Tip first day and last. I ask to keep the ice bucket filled. Last cruise I asked for daily towel animals as my son loves them. I got 1 ... 1 darn towel animal the whole cruise. Needless to say, the first day tip was the last one.

[Neotericisis]

Ice and towels. Other than that they won't really hear from us as we are pretty much never in the room

 

We also leave a $20 pre-tip. Our stewards have always been great.

[OCruisers]

Extra towels and washcloths. If robes aren't already in the cabin, we ask for them.:)

[Florings]

Twice a day cleaning. Ice. Robes.

[nhsails]

Ice twice a day.

2 extra pillows.

Clean out mini fridge.

Tell them will appreciate it at end of cruise;)

[SheehanDJ]

Keep the ice bucket full, leave our towel animals, empty the fridge and remove all counter water, twice a day service, extra towels, money left on the ice tray is their money.

 

We tip $2.00 - $5.00 per day, last day is between $10 and $20 depending how they did.

 

Our experience has been we either get the $2 and $10 at the end steward or the $5 and $20 at the end steward. Don't get me wrong we have never had a bad room steward, it just seems that we get the "doing their job ($2/$10)" or going above and beyond ($5/$20).

[Saint Greg]

Ice

[stargate fan]

We have list that we leave for our cabin steward:

Please make the bed with the duvet under the fitted sheet.

Please make the bed with a blanket on top of the bed.

Please service the room twice daily.

Please leave two Fun Times nightly.

Please keep the ice bucket full.

Please supply robes.

Please supply extra laundry bags and laundry forms.

We usually tip on the first day. If service was exceptional, we tip again on the last night.

[Out of Iowa]

Beds in configuration requested online (which happens about 1/2 the time; I suspect it's easier for them to leave it as it was for the prior cruisers and hope that's what we, the new occupants, want or will accept). Will leave $20 if the bed needs to be reconfigured on Sail Away Day.

 

Now it sounds like we will be asking for Carnival robes.

 

No ice. No towel animals (but if they are created, they are appreciated).

[Ajat0921]

We are beyond easy, two extra pillows, and in case you see a lost child named Drew, he is ours. But be careful he is Autistic, so he might not respond to verbal commands. Then we cross our fingers that Drew doesn't have a meltdown and wreck the room.