I think they are high too, but this person also doesn't sound like a blue collar worker like me either LOL. Our kids have gone on 2 cruises with us, and both times, we have had assigned first seating dining. The wait staff was great with our kids so we tipped them extra on top of the auto-tips. As for the cabin steward, he was getting tips for 4, with less than double the work. There still is the same amount of floor to vacuum, toilet to clean, so really the incremental work is making up the sofabed and maybe a couple extra towels.

$15/day to the kids camp is a lot. We usually give them $30-40 for the week. However our kids aren't there all day every day, and you do pay for them to be there after 10pm, which we usually do once per cruise.

I do agree with the suggestion that comment cards are very important.