Do you drink tap water on ships?

[Neptune's Fork]

I thought all the water was fine. The water coming from the drink stations was especially good.

 

[ToyStory3]

What do you bring to fill up at the station? Just large cups with lids or re-usable water bottles?

 

[Neptune's Fork]

What do you bring to fill up at the station? Just large cups with lids or re-usable water bottles?

They have cups right there. But I saw people filling all kinds of cups and water bottles.

 

[FigmentSpark]

It is possible that, while the water is the same for all, the pipes it travels through may make a difference in the taste. Also, soft water (with some salt in it) might be nicer for showers, and they might actually send something different to the rooms. I mean, it's possible.

 

[GBBTomorrow]

I am a colossal water snob, and I find the water on DCL to taste very good.

 

[Geomom]

We drank the water in the tap on the Wonder a couple of weeks ago. Tasted fine if you drank it right away--but if you let it sit too long, it started tasting like Chlorine, that's what happened to DD16 when she refilled her Dasani bottle from the room to carry around for the day. We did get some free Evian bottles at our Disney Vacation CLub member celebration. (DD16 did NOT like the taste of Evian.) We ended up using the bottles to take with us on excursions. I agree that the water from the soda station was extra filtered, so if you're going to carry water around with you, get it from there. You are supposed to use the cups provided (a new one each time)--and fill your own from that--to prevent any germ contamination from people's own mugs.

 

[RobWreck]

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[kiford]

Yes, always. Sometimes when it's really hot and we've returned from an excursion, I'll go on deck with my water bottle, fill it with ice to the top and add water, then bring it back down to the stateroom and continue to fill it with tap water until the ice is fully melted. Tastes all the same to me.

 

[tmoor]

I think the tap water tastes like a wet dog. That's on DCL and RCCL.

OK I haven't tasted a wet dog; it tastes like a wet dog smells. I think we all know what I mean.

Also, when DH and I drink the created/distilled/desalinated water on ships we swell horribly. When we drink spring water, we don't.

Alas, now DCL is selling Dasani, which IS a waste; it's just municipal water that's been filtered. I drink spring water that hasn't been messed with. WELL worth it for my system, which doesn't do well with water from a variety of municipal systems.

So this might explain why on all my Disney cruises my ankles were severely swollen by the time the 3rd night rolled around...I would drink a lot of the tap water from the room, MDR, and drink station. This is definitely something I need to consider. I just thought it was all the extra walking but it always seem to be very noticeable by the last day of the cruise and somewhat uncomfortable. We've only been on a 4-night and 5-night and I was already worrying about how bad it was going to be on our 7-night Fantasy cruise in January. Guess I should take a case of water to test the theory.

 

[FigmentSpark]

That's a good point. Someone who's not supposed to have too much salt might have an issue. It's not unsafe levels, for sure, but it can't be as pure as we find in our landlocked sources, can it?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

That's a good point. Someone who's not supposed to have too much salt might have an issue. It's not unsafe levels, for sure, but it can't be as pure as we find in our landlocked sources, can it?

I'm on a low sodium diet. I've had no issues drinking the tap water onboard (any ship).