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Hi, Battman!

The cruise announcement page states near the top "$660 PLUS tax, port fees and tips".

The registration form states pre-paid gratuities are an option.The cabin category/fares page also states that pre-paid gratuities are optional.

Most cruise lines have now gone to this pre-paid option as passengers very often don't want the hassle of tipping various dining and cabin crew on the day or night before arriving at the home port. Among other things, sometimes you have to make a special trip to the purser's office deck to get proper bill denominations. I have found the pre-paid gratuity option to be a great convenience.

Thanks for your question, and hope to see you aboard!

Thanks for the reply. My wife and I did a cruise (Western Carribean) Summer 2001. At that time, the Cruise line (Royal Carribean) didn't offer "pre-paid gratuities". We just got the anticipated tip ammount together in seperate envelopes for each person to be tipped ahead of time. The last evening, we pulled out these envelopes and added a bit here and there as we felt the person was deserving. It was actually sort of fun tipping in that way.

I don't know if our budget can handle a cruise this spring, although we would certainly LOVE to be able too. IF we can swing it, obviously, we will be there. If not, I hope everyone else that goes has a great time!