Florida Water

[Kiwigirl839]

I know that you can get free water at the quick serve. I had planned to use this option for keeping hydrated.

I then saw comments about the Florida water having a bit of a sulfur taste/smell.

Does the water from the tap have this problem? Does the water from the soda fountains have this problem?

Should I bring flavor packets to add to the free water?

 

[Alesia]

Water from the soda fountains is filtered and tastes fine.

 

[Pamnkevin]

We had water bottles with filters built in...the water tasted fine that way

 

[chartle]

Also some people swear by them but I can't see how flavor packets can mask the smell and taste of the fluid that they call water.

 

[kamik86]

The water from disney is fine. I have a water bottle with a filter and tap water tastes fine in that. At kiosks that water is filtered already and fine if you just get a paper cup too.

I know what you mean the sulfur water though. The only place I have been that I can't drink the water even with my filter bottle is in Southern GA (about 30 min north of Jacksonville) There water is so bad you can taste the sulfur when you brush your teeth, smell it in the shower... its awful.

 

[DisneyRegulars]

The water from quick service stops is fine. The water from the water fountains is horrendous though. For this reason we usually buy a case of water while we are down there. I find it more convenient to just have my own water than to wait in line at a quick service stop and ask for water.

 

[EPCOTgrl1]

The only park that I cannot drink the water is MK. I don't know why that is the only park but it is. Even at table service sometimes it just tastes bad. That could just be me.

 

[chartle]

The water from quick service stops is fine. The water from the water fountains is horrendous though. For this reason we usually buy a case of water while we are down there. I find it more convenient to just have my own water than to wait in line at a quick service stop and ask for water.

This^

For the really hot times you need to be constantly drinking small amounts of water. A cup every once and a while is not the best. We have the brita bottles and they work better than the pitchers.

 

[StitchesGr8Fan]

I can't drink the tap water or water fountain water at Disney World. It messes with my stomach after the second day.

 

[The Uh-Oa!]

I'll be odd duck again and say....the water has never bothered me too much at any of the parks or resorts I've been to. Is it different? Yes. It is completely undrinkable? No, not for us. We do bring lemonade packs just to add some flavor sometimes so that we aren't as tempted to do soda, but it's not because we need it to mask the water. But that's just us.

 

[The Uh-Oa!]

Oh one other thought: If you have little ones (toddlers or below), then you can fill up a water bottle in the baby care centers. We did this a few times, whenever we happened to be around them or using them. We've done it at all the parks.

 

[tabistar]

We are super picky about water (we have an awesome filter at home), so we take the Brita filter water bottles with us and they work great. We fill them up at the water fountains several times per day. I like not having to carry multiple disposable water bottles for each person.

 

[Justadisneyfan]

Thanks for this post. I'm learning so much from this board and will be purchasing a couple filtered water bottles to take with us.

 

[monorailsilver]

Call me/my family crazy but we are in FL now (not disney) and we have been using my sisters water bottles from publix/publix brand. My oldest noted that the water tastes funny from those bottles so we looked-natural Florida spring water. Off to Walgreens we went and got aquafina which is bottled in NY.

 

[Kiwigirl839]

We just came back. The only park where the water was truly awful for us was Animal Kingdom...even the soda tasted funny.

We got bottled water at our resort on the dining plan and then refilled in the parks and added a small lemonade packet. Everyone loved it and we only had one small disposable bottle to keep track of (and lose on one of our days park hopping).

I would suggest just packing flavor packets as these were super easy to carry in my small travel purse and flavor up some free ice water any time. The fountains were warm and yucky straight up - but we found that getting some quick serve water and using flavor was just the way to go.

 

[Crystal824]

The water from quick service stops is fine. The water from the water fountains is horrendous though. For this reason we usually buy a case of water while we are down there. I find it more convenient to just have my own water than to wait in line at a quick service stop and ask for water.

Totally agree. This is what we do too. A case of water is relatively inexpensive. Saves some time waiting in line.

 

[michigal23]

We are super picky about water (we have an awesome filter at home), so we take the Brita filter water bottles with us and they work great. We fill them up at the water fountains several times per day. I like not having to carry multiple disposable water bottles for each person.

We do the Brita bottles, too. They work great!