Where to refill water bottles in DCA?

[Cal-Pie]

I had a friend ask me this question in preparation for her trip next week. I realized that know of all the refill stations DL, but not DCA. Help?

 

[mel2014]

Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta has self-serve drink machines where you can fill with water. Other than that, I haven't noticed any dedicated refill stations within DCA. I always just use the drinking fountains. It's also easy to duck out to the GCH Craftsman Grill and refill with water at their Coke Freestyle machine.

 

[tsumgirl]

I second Boardwalk Pizza as being the easiest place to refill. You can also walk straight up to the counter at Flo's or Paradise Garden Grill to request cups of water. There are Coke Freestyle machines across from Soarin', but they prefer you use paper cups for water, and their cups are small.

 

[mad hatter fan]

Hmm. I don’t know where they are at DL. Mind listing them?

 

[mel2014]

Hmm. I don’t know where they are at DL. Mind listing them?

Ones I'm aware of:

Rancho del Zocalo on the patio
Red Rose Tavern on the left wall of the indoor seating area
Two in Galaxy's Edge -- one by the bathrooms in the marketplace and one that's basically between the milk stand and the bathrooms on that end.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

Ones I'm aware of:

Rancho del Zocalo on the patio
Red Rose Tavern on the left wall of the indoor seating area
Two in Galaxy's Edge -- one by the bathrooms in the marketplace and one that's basically between the milk stand and the bathrooms on that end.

Didn't know about the Red Rose Tavern one. There is also one in Tomorrowland at the Galactic Grill.

 

[mad hatter fan]

Thanks!

 

[Disney Dider]

There’s also one at the nurses station in Disneyland

 

[amyg1975]

Pizza Planet has a self-serve soda fountain and you can fill your water there too.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

There’s also one at the nurses station in Disneyland

First Aid in either park will allow you to fill your water bottles at the drinking fountains. Those are the only drinking fountains we will use in either park since they are the only ones we trust to be clean. (For those with immunity issues, be careful about using the park drinking fountains. The RNs in First Aid have encouraged us to keep using the ones in First Aid, just to be on the safe side.)
Most CS locations in either park will give you free cups of ice water. Ask for as many as you need to fill your water bottles. The water comes from the soda machines, so the water is filtered.

 

[Aurora0427]

There’s also one right outside of Autotopia

 

[bcla]

Just kind of as an aside, I remember how difficult it was to fill a hydration bladder when I went out hiking. Trying to get a water fountain on the Grand Canyon South Rim to fill it was kind of a pain to do. I'd usually carry an empty plastic bottle and I could kind of use that to top it off, but it was a challenge to fill the bottle. When we were at DCA we had one plastic bottle and when it was empty I tried to refill while holding it at an angle. I got pretty good at it.

It's kind of strange, but I visit a local Six Flags park and most drinking fountain stations have one of those Elkay EZH2O combination drinking fountains and dispensers with the filter status indicator and a display for the supposed number of plastic bottles saved. At the very least they have those old-fashioned water dispensers made for cups.

 

[felice]

There's also a water fountain at the restrooms close to Ariel's Undersea Adventure. When you head out of Ariel, turn left and walk towards the opposite corner of the building opposite, where the restrooms are. It should be in front of the rest area on the right hand side.

 

[Ladyslug]

It's kind of strange, but I visit a local Six Flags park and most drinking fountain stations have one of those Elkay EZH2O combination drinking fountains and dispensers with the filter status indicator and a display for the supposed number of plastic bottles saved. At the very least they have those old-fashioned water dispensers made for cups.

I wish they had more of these as well! From the pictures I've seen of Galaxy's Edge in DL, they have a water bottle refilling-style drinking fountain (ahem, "hydrator") near Dok-Ondars, and I believe another one near the other restrooms as well. No word on the taste or the filtration, but the ease of use should be good. Also a new one in Tomorrowland somewhere near the Launch Bay.

 

[bcla]

The main issue with Disneyland is the Anaheim well water. I don’t know for sure if it’s softened.

 

[jcatron243]

There is a water filling station by the Mint Julep Bar.