Hello everyone! So excited to arrive at RPC in less than two weeks. We are trying to figure out whether we should have water bottles delivered. Can anyone tell me the current water situation in RPC? I thought I recalled reading that they give you refillable plastic bottles in RPC but I searched and I am not finding anything super recent confirming. If there are plastic water bottles, I was also wondering whether anyone can tell me what the situation is for filling them at the parks… is the water gross? Do they have fill stations or only water fountains? We normally have a case of water delivered to our room but my tree hugging side would love to not be wasteful if we can avoid it. Thanks!
It is a personal choice, but even with the CL options, we usually get a case of bottled water in the summer months. There are now some refillable bottle stations in the parks.
Long ago, MK has traditional water fountains, then those mostly disappeared. Epcot still has some traditional water fountains, but the water that comes out of them is not that great. Where we have found the bottle refill stations the water is good, but they are also often a bit busy. Disney's QS restaurants also provide cups of free ice water, but they are often small. On very hot days, they sometimes put ice water out. At MK, they put out one of those plastic water buckets and stacks of paper cups, like you might find at a kids' sporting event. It was okay, I suppose.
If you are not eager to carry water, then it is possible to get by using the above options. We tend to drink lots of water though, so we do all of the above. Having to ask/wait for water takes some time and effort.
If you are staying CL at Universal, then the CL's there do give out bottled water. The CL at Coronado has bottled water.
A small tidbit perhaps is that FL bottled water- like Zephyr Hills- to me, still tastes like FL water. It is healthy, but not the best tasting. The water at the WDW CL is great. One of teh very best tasting water is Voss brand water. It is sold in Epcot's Norway. It is crazy $$ for water, but oh, it is refreshing.
OH- one last important suggestion- if you get some bottled water, I HIGHLY suggest getting electrolyte water. (or dry packets perhaps? Liquid I.V. is one brand that comes to mind.) If you don't buy electrolyte water yourself, you won't find it offered in any CL or the parks. In the high heat of summer, we have found it helpful.
Cheers!
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