Disney VIP tours

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Anonymous wrote:I know it would annoy me because I know far more about Disney and Disney World than any of these tour guides (who are most great). But I'd be hard pressed to stop correcting them.

Still, I've thought of doing it for one day just for fun. And Insta humble brags. No, not really.

We did it about 8 years ago. The guide didn’t pepper us with knowledge or facts. The benefit was being able to zip around the park behind the scenes to get places more quickly and to eliminate waits. We had a list of rides we wanted to do and the guide suggested some. We did 3 parks in one day (obviously select rides at each).

Understand it is customer specific, but I sometimes hear the guides talking to their groups in lines. I think it's mostly driven by customer engagement. And I've cringed a few times.

I'll note I've been grabbed twice near the end of lines by VIP groups that weren't full and taken with them through lightning. I don't know if that's allowed anymore. Depends on the VIP I guess.

Are you exceptionally attractive or something? Why would they do this?

I was wondering this too. Maybe PP sweet talked her way in.

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Who is Sean McVeigh that we are supposed to be impressed he was doing this kind of tour?

McVay the head coach of the Rams?

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Anonymous wrote:I know it would annoy me because I know far more about Disney and Disney World than any of these tour guides (who are most great). But I'd be hard pressed to stop correcting them.

Still, I've thought of doing it for one day just for fun. And Insta humble brags. No, not really.

We did it about 8 years ago. The guide didn’t pepper us with knowledge or facts. The benefit was being able to zip around the park behind the scenes to get places more quickly and to eliminate waits. We had a list of rides we wanted to do and the guide suggested some. We did 3 parks in one day (obviously select rides at each).

Understand it is customer specific, but I sometimes hear the guides talking to their groups in lines. I think it's mostly driven by customer engagement. And I've cringed a few times.

I'll note I've been grabbed twice near the end of lines by VIP groups that weren't full and taken with them through lightning. I don't know if that's allowed anymore. Depends on the VIP I guess.

Are you exceptionally attractive or something? Why would they do this?

I was wondering this too. Maybe PP sweet talked her way in.

Not sure why the VIPs would want a sweaty random jumping into their group last minute. They are paying to be away from the hot sweaty masses as much as possible.

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Anonymous wrote:We also got a lot of dirt on the guide's prior celebrity clients. Apparently, Mariah was the worst, but he loved Brittany.

This simply did not happen.

Not PP but I’m inclined to believe it. Our safari guide (white SA) loved bragging about the A list celebs they guided.

The Disney VIP guides are consummate professionals. This is not a celebrity homes tour in LA. They would be fired for what pp is saying.

Please. I’m guessing you’ve never been on a VIP tour or if you have, got one of the few oldies still left.

Most of the guides are in their 20s and are working hard for that 20% tip so they’ll say what they think you want to hear. Their base pay is only $20/hour. Tips is where some of them hit 6 figures.

I do not pay a tip anywhere near 20% when I do this. I am paying $3000-5000 for a one day service, plus park tickets. Disney can find ample resources to pay the guides from this fee. I tip $200.

That is way below normal for tip. Like way below normal. We tip more like $800.

Why would you need to tip $100 an hour for a service for which you already pay (and what you are paying for is already just the person's time) $450-950 an hour?

Nothing about tipping is rational. It’s all social norms. And the norm for VIp tour at WDW is either 20% of cost, or cost of an hour tour. The guides get paid the basic disney rate — they are very good, very well trained, and are working for the tips. Your argument is basically like — if you go to an expensive restaurant, why should you tip the server? Because that’s the thing to do. If you are spending that kind of money on a tour but don’t have the money to appropriately tip your guide, who are mostly hard working you folk saving up for grad school or a house, you need to reexamine your priorities.

How would you know the "norm" of what is paid by various groups?