I drink LOTS of water - 1st time to Disney, have questions!

[ruadisneyfan2]

Yes you can ship to the port Contact DCL directly for shipping directions, and to insure proper timing. Many of the disboards cruisers ship their FE gifts and other supplies directly to the port to avoid airline expenses. Last November we just carried on 2 cases of "beverage"

Since I posted this question, I read this on the DCL boards sticky:

Boxes Sent the Ship Ahead of Cruise - PLEASE follow these instructions carefully!!!!!! UPDATED AS OF 2/25/2009

• ONE box per stateroom, no exceptions.

• The package must have the guest full name, ship, sailing date, stateroom number or GTY if you have not been assigned a stateroom number.

• The package also must have a packing slip attached to the outside of the box that details the contents of the package. For prescriptions, a copy of the prescription is sufficient. Your list may or may not be read but it must have one. Write packing slip on the outside of the envelope.

• NO FOODS/DRINKS OF ANY KIND, LIQUOR OF ANY KIND, FIREARMS, ETC.. Items that cannot be shipped to the Disney Cruise Line Warehouse and delivered to the ship include: food products (any and all food products including baby food/formula), beverages (liquor, water, etc.), chemicals, and luggage. These items will not be accepted at the warehouse and will be returned. This may cause the dogs to hit on your box and that would be a bad thing.

• The required size of the cartons you are shipping down have to be about the size of a record storage box 12 inches on a side and should not weigh more than 20 lbs. (This has been asked personally by Dave Adams who is the owner)

Address your package(s) to:

Disney Cruise Line Warehouse
Guest Name / Stateroom # (GTY, if you don't know what it is when you send the package)
8633 Transport Drive
Orlando, FL 32832
Phone: 407-566-8196

In the bottom left corner of the top of the package put the following information: ATTN: HOUSEKEEPING
*Name
*Sail Date
*Ship
*Stateroom Number
*Packing slip that details contents of the package (for prescriptions, a copy of the prescription is sufficient)

• Packages must arrive by Friday by 3:00pm for the 7-Night Cruise on the Disney Magic (Saturday).

• Packages must arrive by Friday by 3:00pm for the 4-Night Cruise on the Disney Wonder (Sunday).

• Packages must arrive by Wednesday by 3:00pm for the 3-Night Cruise on the Disney Wonder (Thursday).

If your box is hit on by the screening dog or chosen for additional screening they will open the list and the box and look through it. They will close it back up and provided nothing bad is in it then it will be in your room as usual later after boarding.

These boxes will be coming on the ship with the crew mail among other things so they may be in the staterooms later then they were before as they are low priority in the scheme of things for Disney.

Oh well, good thing Happy Limo includes a free grocery stop.

 

[Withinthehour]

I drink somewhere between 1 and 2 gallons of water a day and i tried multiple ideas for carrying water to the park-- among them using my refillable mug and filled it at bubblers in the park, but I found that they are very small and I was refilling them entirely too often.

The best thing that I have found is bringing a 1 liter water bottle. It's inexpensive and convienant and I don't have to refill them as often.

I found the water from the bubblers to be absolutely fine, but as mentioned before you can get ice water for free from any of the counter service stations.

Hope the info helps!

 

[mrstomrice]

We have ordered the water bottles in the past and we no longer do so due to the free filtered ice water available in the parks. They give you a medium to large size soda cup with a straw (except for AK). You do not need to purchase anything. Any counter service that sells soda (even the smaller ones like snack stands) will give you the water without any purchase at all. I don't think it has a taste, it is filtered , but I do bring in flavor mixers for variety.

 

[jennipooh]

We are water drinkers as well. Probably because I am a coach and ds is conditioned to hydrate!!

No need to carry a lot of water into the parks, one water bottle that can be refilled and emptied should do per person or two.

We carry a water bottle into the parks in the morning. Stop at every water fountain we see (they are plentiful - sometimes a little "swampy", not always ice cold - but water is water and still better than soda when you are trekking around!). At cs meals we will sometimes get one soda and split it then split a fresh cold bottle of water as well.

I think you'll find that Disney does a good job of encouraging hydration!