Help!!water Caution @wdw???????

[maciec]

I was there last week and the water tasted fine to me. I didn't get sick and I am also 5 months pregnant. I just wish that it was a little coler.

I think it is all based on the water you are use to at home. This water wasa whole lot better than the city water we have at work and that is in a major resort town.

 

[shay425]

My daughter, son-in-law, grandsons 1 yr and 4 yr and I just came back from DW. We drank the water the whole time while in the parks, especially the 1 yr old and didn't get sick.

 

[BCVOwner2002]

While the water may taste and smell funny I don't think that's what is making people sick. Several years ago DS was sick for Thanksgiving and the following day with a stomach bug. I would recommend people buy bottled water or bring some from home but the most important piece of advice I can give it to make sure you wash your hands often!!! Last year we brought hand disinfectant with us. Think of how many people touch the hand rails, rides, etc. If you are not washing your hands enough you could make yourself very sick!!! Yuck! Annmarie

 

[twinmomplus2]

FYI this is the infamous Norwalk Virus, that was on the cruise ships. You are getting it by touching somthing, someone infected has touched, Not From WDW's water supply. It is a virus, Which explains the high fever, It runs the gammut the same as a traditional flu. Some people have milder cases than others, Some get floored by it. The hallmark of this is the intense stomach cramps. Like labor or kidney stones, I swear I have had all 3. Case in point. Three of my kids had this on our last trip in May. Baby number 1, 104.5 fever times 3 days, horrible stomach pain, continual vomiting and the runs. 2 ER trips. CHILd number 2, the day we arrived home. Vomited 1 night, 102.5 fever times 2 days. Cramps and the runs. By the time it made it to child 3. he was the luckiest. ! sick day, slight fever, no potty problems. The exact same virus, and 3 differant experiences. It is A virus. Bad water does not give you a fever.

 

[DOCLINGER]

Our family took dry gatorade mix in some baggies and added it as needed. It didn't completely kill the sulphur but it made it bearable. My inlaws use well water, one has gastric reflux...never complained. We use city water, no complaints.
Our thought was a day in the parks in July...probably could use some Gatorade anyway.

 

[7thdwarf/dopey]

When i started this thread 2 years ago the warning was given to me by my MIL (lives in kissimmee) because the well's there were getting very low. The state had been in a state of severe drought for a very long time. Since then i think they have been recovering steadily. We did bring a few cases of water with us. We stayed at the WL and when brushing teeth and showering the sulphur water was obvious but tolerable.
A tip we learned from all the posts here before we left was to bring the pump hand wash that killed bacteria. Now, they have chlorox wipes, i've heard. It makes sense.....100's of 1000's of people...germs ..germs..germs.....an ounce of prevention is worth..........jeez i forgot, whats it worth these days??

I love you guys,... germs and all ....but you still cant have my last "BUD Lite".

hey tink.....

 

[Hoosier_Girl05]

we went to all of the DW parks, and to universal, and drank out of every water fountian we seen. We constantly filled our water bottles up with it. It didn't even taste bad! It was really nice when there was water fountians in line at universal! It helped a lot. Don't believe any of that bull crap about the water being "unsafe"

 

[Geoff_M]

Amazing thread.... Simply amazing.

My family is from the Mid-west has been to WDW four times in the past four years with no problem what so ever. We'll drink the water down there again next time too. Part of me wonders if the craze of drinking bottled filtered/distilled water has made people more sensitive to municipal water. Sorta like they're now "bottled water dependent". For the people that claim that the sulphur is the problem, I wonder if they have the same reaction when they eat broccoli, cauliflower, or other foods that naturally contain sulphur. I gotta believe there's a lot more sulphur in those foods than you absorb when you brush your teeth and take a few swallows of water from a fountain.

 

[7thdwarf/dopey]

speaking for me only!!!!!! sulphur doesnt affect my body adversely. however the smell is unappealing to me, wether its the shower or in my mouth when brushing. 2 years ago when this thread was started it was at the height of floridas water drought. anyone with some "well" savy knows when wells get low, bacteria levels rise. which could have been the problem 2 YEARS AGO! some old timers have told me they would open their well cap and pour chlorine bleach into their well when these unfortunate times happen.
there is no more drought..........so take this post for what it WAS worth.....and for those that have sensitive systems still.

 

[mitros]

"bull crap" may be a little harsh. While there may not be a whole lot wrong with the water itself , drinking out of every fountain could, although in your case, luckily, did not, cause you any problems. You have got to remember, that{and I am not a germaphobic}that a lot of mouths and hands wind up touching those fountain heads which can and do spread germs and illness. Consider yourself lucky so far.

 

[Geoff_M]

You have got to remember, that{and I am not a germaphobic}that a lot of mouths and hands wind up touching those fountain heads which can and do spread germs and illness. Consider yourself lucky so far.

If water fountains posed as great a health hazard as you imply, I can assure you that public health codes would not allow their existence. My guess is slightly more people have gotten sick from human-to-human transmission via a water fountain that people that have gotten STD's from toilet seats. If you want to trick bottled water... more power to you, but don't tell someone that are "lucky" to not get sick after using a water fountain.

 

[mitros]

You sound like an angry person. I just don't think it's necessary to call someone else'a thoughts "bull crap". Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, aren't they?

 

[Hoosier_Girl05]

Originally posted by mitros
You sound like an angry person. I just don't think it's necessary to call someone else'a thoughts "bull crap". Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, aren't they?

the fact that the water its self is bull crap... the water is not unsafe.... the FOUNTIANS may be unsafe because yes lots of people do touch it, and if you drink only bottled water then it maybe rough on your system since your body has been only given purified water. thats what i was stating.... sorry if i offended you

 

[cook4you]

I was sick after three days of drinking the water at wdw. I also used the Britta bottles and water from the faucett, My husband drank sodas with ice and he was sick also but not as severe as me, kids not at all sick but they drank soda from the can with no ice. I also have had the flu and this was not the flu. I had no fever, but I had the worse of stomach cramps and could not leave the bathroom on the third day of my sickness. I know it was the water. So be aware and take care to drink the bottled water not bottled in Florida.

 

[mitros]

That's OK!

 

[ilovefh]

I tend to believe that you would ave to be severely allergic to sulpher in order to be affected....and blame it on allergies. I am allergic to sulpha drugs, I get VERY bad hives, but I have never had a problem with the water. There is nothing wrong with the water, but I think what people have said is true...if you are used to PURE spring water then any change might be a shock. I personally don't drink it unless I have to because it tastes icky.....but I did drink the soda's and even use their ice in my bottled water.

There is nothing wrong with the water....if there were they would have fixed it by now....it has been this way since I started taking trips in '83.....20 yrs!

 

[cook4you]

I drink well water at home and dh says we have what is called sweet water in our part of the state. I know the water in the hotel when we bathed smelled like the pool water, alot of chlorine, but the taste from the fausett was not bad.

 

[HunnyPots]

We just came back from six days of drinking the water and had no ill effects at all. The taste? That's another story! Here's what I noticed: the water at Magic Kingdom and Epcot had a really strong sulpher odor and taste. My dd seemed to think it tasted more like rubber; like when you blow up a balloon. Whatever. Anyway, we discovered that if you squeeze a lemon wedge into your ice water, it is more palatable.
The water at MGM and Animal Kingdom did not seem to have that taste at all. What a relief!
In short, the water (at MK and EP) wasn't great tasting but it kept us hydrated and was much easier than carrying around water bottles all day. Just MHO...

 

[BCVOwner2002]

We just got back too. I bought brita water bottle filters and they worked perfectly! I also purchased a lemon to add to the water (just in case) but actually only used it in my diet coke! Annmarie

 

[MariaE]

I must admit I'm a little scared about the water situation. We're going to WDW for the first time next month and now I'm afraid we'll all get sick and have a miserable time. I had heard a little about the taste, but not to this extent. I also had planned on buying the Brita filters, but it sounds like they don't really work that great.