Water Package?

[JMurray823]

Is it generally cheaper to order a water package before arriving via the in-room gift site or ordering it when on board? Or no difference in price/options. Thanks for your experience and advice!

 

[jcsvacation]

the price is the same
there will be plenty of servers offering you the opportunity to buy water after you board

 

[Alaska777]

Can someone explain the benefit of water service?

 

[Freeman867]

I will admit I'm new to cruising on DCL, but is there not refill stations to fill up a water bottle with throughout the cruise ship?

 

[Kwami]

I will admit I'm new to cruising on DCL, but is there not refill stations to fill up a water bottle with throughout the cruise ship?

There are two bottle refill stations on deck 4 (one port, one starboard). I've heard that there are also refill stations up on deck, but I haven't seen them myself.

 

[tvguy]

Can someone explain the benefit of water service?

Some people prefer bottled water. However, the water on ships are made the same way as bottled water. So it is the purist water you will ever drink. Now if you buy some of the branded waters that add minerals to give them a specific taste, you might not like ships water, because so few people anymore know what unaltered natural water tastes like. It basically has no taste. Packing a refillable water container is all you need IMHO.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I will admit I'm new to cruising on DCL, but is there not refill stations to fill up a water bottle with throughout the cruise ship?

Yes, there are dedicated water bottle refill stations onboard. You can also fill up you water bottle in your room from the tap in the bathroom. It's the same water.

 

[Freeman867]

Yes, there are dedicated water bottle refill stations onboard. You can also fill up you water bottle in your room from the tap in the bathroom. It's the same water.

Well now I'm even more confused on why anyone would want a water bottle package.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Well now I'm even more confused on why anyone would want a water bottle package.

Many people prefer prepackaged water. Often has to do with how they get their water at home. There are areas where water out of the tap isn't great for drinking.

 

[JMurray823]

Well now I'm even more confused on why anyone would want a water bottle package.

We are avid water drinkers, so we will be bringing refillable Brita bottles, but drink a lot in the evenings/overnight/first thing in the AM so we just want it easily accessible!

 

[TinkLoverSam]

We are avid water drinkers, so we will be bringing refillable Brita bottles, but drink a lot in the evenings/overnight/first thing in the AM so we just want it easily accessible!

The bathroom tap is easily accessible and reverse osmosis filtered water for free right in your stateroom

 

[lklgoodman]

There are two bottle refill stations on deck 4 (one port, one starboard). I've heard that there are also refill stations up on deck, but I haven't seen them myself.

The self serve drink stations in Cabanas and the pool deck also have water on them.

 

[insureman]

The bathroom tap is easily accessible and reverse osmosis filtered water for free right in your stateroom

Actually I believe they use evaporators to change the sea water to fresh water on Disney Cruise line. At least they used to. Here's a small clip from Disney Parks blog in 2016.

 

[Intr3pid]

Some people prefer bottled water. However, the water on ships are made the same way as bottled water. So it is the purist water you will ever drink. Now if you buy some of the branded waters that add minerals to give them a specific taste, you might not like ships water, because so few people anymore know what unaltered natural water tastes like. It basically has no taste. Packing a refillable water container is all you need IMHO.

Most bottled spring water isn't chlorinated and is sanitized using ozone and UV light, neither of which leave any kind of taste residue. It is then filtered through carbon filters, and sometimes reverse osmosis, before being bottled. The tap water on board is treated heavily. If you are used to a certain brand of water - Evian, Voss, Fiji - you will find the tap water on board very flat in the mouth but with a noticeable residual treatment taste.

The tap water also has to run through miles and miles of sometimes old ship plumbing and tanks. And sometimes that plumbing doesn't work so well.





Personal preferences aside, drink plenty of clean water. We don't see many doing it on board, and sometimes taste is one of the reasons. Not that you have to drink water, but we like to. Low water consumption can lead to all sorts of problems - particularly when substituted with sugary stuff - so we like to use any incentive that we can find to drink it!

 

[LeiaOfAlderaan]

I read on these boards that the tap water on board has a much higher sodium content than bottled water or tap water on land, and therefore can cause bloating from water retention (something I do not wish to experience since I am bloated enough on a cruise from the food!) I wish someone could confirm if this is true.

We like the taste of bottled water so normally order the water package. But on my October cruise they changed to metal bottles and the water tasted like medicine so we will have to come up with a new plan for our next cruise. (Maybe the brita bottles someone mentioned.)

 

[tvguy]

I read on these boards that the tap water on board has a much higher sodium content than bottled water or tap water on land, and therefore can cause bloating from sodium retention (something I do not wish to experience since I am bloated enough on a cruise from the food!) I wish someone could confirm if this is true.

We like the taste of bottled water so normally order the water package. But on my October cruise they changed to metal bottles and the water tasted like medicine so we will have to come up with a new plan for our next cruise. (Maybe the brita bottles someone mentioned.)

Not sure how you would tell since most of the food have a higher sodium content than most of us eat normally at home.

 

[tvguy]

Most bottled spring water isn't chlorinated and is sanitized using ozone and UV light, neither of which leave any kind of taste residue. It is then filtered through carbon filters, and sometimes reverse osmosis, before being bottled. The tap water on board is treated heavily. If you are used to a certain brand of water - Evian, Voss, Fiji - you will find the tap water on board very flat in the mouth but with a noticeable residual treatment taste.

The tap water also has to run through miles and miles of sometimes old ship plumbing and tanks. And sometimes that plumbing doesn't work so well.

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Personal preferences aside, drink plenty of clean water. We don't see many doing it on board, and sometimes taste is one of the reasons. Not that you have to drink water, but we like to. Low water consumption can lead to all sorts of problems - particularly when substituted with sugary stuff - so we like to use any incentive that we can find to drink it!

Well, in 42 years of cruising I have never seen that. And the water does have to meet health standards. But it is a Coke versus Pepsi, Chocolate versus Vanilla, Democrat versus Republican kind of decision. You have to do what is right for you.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Most bottled spring water isn't chlorinated and is sanitized using ozone and UV light, neither of which leave any kind of taste residue. It is then filtered through carbon filters, and sometimes reverse osmosis, before being bottled. The tap water on board is treated heavily. If you are used to a certain brand of water - Evian, Voss, Fiji - you will find the tap water on board very flat in the mouth but with a noticeable residual treatment taste.

The tap water also has to run through miles and miles of sometimes old ship plumbing and tanks. And sometimes that plumbing doesn't work so well.

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Personal preferences aside, drink plenty of clean water. We don't see many doing it on board, and sometimes taste is one of the reasons. Not that you have to drink water, but we like to. Low water consumption can lead to all sorts of problems - particularly when substituted with sugary stuff - so we like to use any incentive that we can find to drink it!

These pictures are on a DCL ship? I've never seen any water like that on any ship I've been on to date (15 different ships on 4 different cruise lines).

 

[Lizgistix]

I just like the ease and convenience of having some bottled (canned? canottled?) water in the in-room fridge. I didn't care for the taste of the water out of the tap, but that's just me. I bought the 6-bottle package ahead of time. I don't recall anyone offering me a water package while onboard, but maybe it was noted with my room number when they charged me for a drink at Currents.

Plus, I had a refillable mug for coffee and soda already, so I could toss one of these into my bag on the way out the door.

 

[Intr3pid]

Well, in 42 years of cruising I have never seen that. And the water does have to meet health standards. But it is a Coke versus Pepsi, Chocolate versus Vanilla, Democrat versus Republican kind of decision. You have to do what is right for you.

These pictures are on a DCL ship? I've never seen any water like that on any ship I've been on to date (15 different ships on 4 different cruise lines).

These are from either an RCL or NCL ship a while ago. Not mine, but another cruise mate's who happens to be a long-time cruiser too.

That said, decades old ship plumbing isn't a democrat vs republican reasoning excuse. It's a fact.