Tap Water

[PLUTO2]

I have read from previous postings how expensive the bottled water is on the ship. How does the regular tap water taste and how safe is it? I remember something about people getting sick from the tap water at the parks and wondered if that was the same with the ship . Thank you

 

[kcashner]

The tap water on the ship is totally safe, and tastes good. It starts life as sea water, is boiled and distilled, then filtered.

 

[MarkRG]

And the filtering is the 'reverse osmosis' method that a lot of the purified bottled waters (Dasani/Aquafina) use. We brought water the first time, didn't the last 4 and have no plans to bring any in Dec. The room steward will provide as much ice as you need, up to 3 times a day in your cabin.

 

[PLUTO2]

Are there ice machines or do you always request it?Thanks

 

[MarkRG]

There's an ice machine at the Deck 9 station, the rest of the time, you just tell the steward once at the beginning how often you want him to refill the ice tub and it's all cool. If you need more than an ice bucket, bring a collapsible cooler and the steward will keep it full too.

 

[invaderzim]

We were told several times NOT to drink the water from the taps in the room, but to get the water on Deck 9 where it has undergone a filtering process. We usually bring one six-pack of water and then use the empty bottles to refill on deck 9.

 

[CM_Mom]

There will be a card in your stateroom that you can check how often you want ice (or if you don't want it at all) after that, you forget it and your stateroom host takes care of it.

Since I'm "Ice Dependent" - I like my Cokes over ice, my water with ice, and like to keep the 16 oz bottles of Coke on ice so they're REALLY cold - having the collapsible cooler regularly refilled with ice without ME having to make trips to the ice machine was truly LUXURY.

 

[MarkRG]

invaderzim, I'd like to know who told you that. I was told by someone on the engineering staff that all shipboard water was first distilled (as someone else above said) to remove the salt then run thru a reverse osmosis filter and is compeletely safe to drink from the sink taps.

 

[crainbow]

The expensive of having two fresh water systems on board, not to mention the weight and the maintenence that would need to be done makes this a rather strange item. I would think that you were a misconception.

Regards,
Chuck

 

[MarkRG]

Only one system, all shipboard water is generated from the process spelled out above.

But yes, they do have some kind of extra filter on the deck 9 station if you are uncomfortable with the tap water.

 

[Dave_from_Marietta]

The only difference between tap water and drinking fountain water is that the drinking water has an extra filtration step applied to it to remove the chlorine taste. Water from your stateroom tap is safe, but it tastes like a swimming pool.

 

[MarcyIn Florida]

I don't drink the tap water in the room for the same reason I don't drink my own (Florida) tap water -- way too much chlorine. Deck 9 has a filter built into the dispensers that must filter out the chlorine.

If you want the convenience of drinking water from the room, I'd bring a Brita filter. They're pretty inexpensive, and quite small (the ones that filter a bottle of water rather than a pitcher).

That's a personal preference, though -- plenty of people don't mind FL tap water either.

Marcy

 

[PLUTO2]

Is the water in the restaurants like the water in your room or like the deck 9 station?

 

[inkkognito]

Yes, the restaurant water is the same unless you order bottled water (which is an extra cost). I am pretty fussy and have never had a problem with the ship water. We usually bring a six pack of our own bottled water on board. Once we drink that, we just refill the bottles with ship water from deck 9 and store them in the ice bucket.
Barb