Beach Life 1 Posted October 11, 2021 #26 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Yikes!! 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montecarloss Posted October 11, 2021 #27 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On my 9 day cruise will be ordering the 24 pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrickles1 Posted October 11, 2021 #28 Share Posted October 11, 2021 We ordered a 24 pack when we sailed on Encore in 2020 and that worked out well for the 3 of us in our cabin. The water was waiting for us when we got to our cabin and I had our steward empty the mini fridge so we could keep it in there. I'm really not a fan of ncl not including water bottles in their beverage package, but it's otherwise a very good value for my family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intr3pid Posted October 11, 2021 #29 Share Posted October 11, 2021 17 hours ago, BirdTravels said: That's because bottled waters have minerals in their waters to give them some taste. Versus the distilled or reverse osmosis water on the ship. For example, Fiji Water Nitrate 0.27 mg/l Calcium 18 mg/l Magnesium 15 mg/l Sodium 17 mg/l Potassium 5 mg/l Silica 93 mg/l Bicarbonate 152 mg/l Sulfate 2 mg/l Chloride 11 mg/l For example, Evian Water Nitrate 3.8 mg/l Calcium 78 mg/l Magnesium 24 mg/l Sodium 5 mg/l Potassium 1 mg/l Silica 14 mg/l Bicarbonate 357 mg/l Sulfate 10 mg/l Chloride 5 mg/l Yes, very much. Each major water source has its own unique taste. The glacier or the spring or the aquifer has a lot of say in which mineral combo you get. Evian's taste makes it our go-to travel brand - though also because (A) you can find it pretty much anywhere these days and (B) they are looking to go 100% recycled plastics by 2025. Close to where we live, Nestle has the rights to an aquifer whose bottled water comes with a phenomenal taste. Spares us the expense of consuming Evian or Fiji at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoCruiseFan Posted October 14, 2021 #30 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 10:24 PM, Robb said: I have never understood the need to buy bottled water. Sorry... They sell it to the same people who can hardly wait for them to start selling bagged air! 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoCruiseFan Posted October 14, 2021 #31 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 1:36 AM, intr3pid said: You probably don't drink much. Those of us who do like the taste of certain brands. Clean pure water has no 'taste'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoCruiseFan Posted October 14, 2021 #32 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 8:40 AM, disneylover89 said: Are you permitted to bring your own soda or water on board? A quick search on NCL's FAQ finds this -> https://www.ncl.com/faq#!#can-i-bring-water-or-soda-board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoCruiseFan Posted October 14, 2021 #33 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 10:50 PM, intr3pid said: The tap water on board is treated heavily. It also has to first run through miles and miles of (sometimes old) ship plumbing. 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. At intake, you get the taste almost rightaway. 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. Personal preferences aside, congrats on drinking plenty of 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! Evian is NAIVE spelled backwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intr3pid Posted October 14, 2021 #34 Share Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, MoCruiseFan said: Clean pure water has no 'taste'. And where would we find this 'clean, pure' tasteless water? 2 hours ago, MoCruiseFan said: Evian is NAIVE spelled backwards! Yes, I can see you have got things backwards. There is always one in every thread. Edited October 14, 2021 by intr3pid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallux Posted October 14, 2021 #35 Share Posted October 14, 2021 5 hours ago, MoCruiseFan said: A quick search on NCL's FAQ finds this -> https://www.ncl.com/faq#!#can-i-bring-water-or-soda-board A quick read of this thread would find the exact same link shared days ago in post 16. Also, did you know you can quote multiple posts in one reply? It's covered in the multi-quote section here - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillygwm Posted October 14, 2021 #36 Share Posted October 14, 2021 It sounds like many of the posters here are more into drinking water, however, if you have the Premium Plus package, unlimited bottled water (still and sparkling, 2 bottles at a time) is included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted October 15, 2021 #37 Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 1:29 AM, MoCruiseFan said: Clean pure water has no 'taste'. True, but no municipal water is "pure". Water in Montgomery contains: Copper, Chlorine, Haloacetic Acid, Trihalomethanes, Arsenic, Barium, Fluoride, Iron, Nitrate, Sodium, Zinc, Radium (on the high end of safe), Alpha radiation (on the high end of safe), Vinyl Chloride, and Dichloroethylene. Contributing to the taste is runoff from orchards, glass, and electronic production; discharge from drilling; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of national deposits; leaching from PVC piping; discharge from plastic factories; and discharge from industrial chemical factories. So, your water at home would have a taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selion Posted October 15, 2021 #38 Share Posted October 15, 2021 6 hours ago, BirdTravels said: So, your water at home would have a taste. Hence the Brita filter at home for better tasting water. I try to avoid buying bottled water whenever I can, but bottled water is just so convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyinpa Posted October 16, 2021 #39 Share Posted October 16, 2021 How much is a bottle of water at a bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy-48 Posted October 16, 2021 #40 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I had the drinking package, but i still bought some cans of soda, to take with me on tour the next day or for a late night drink in the night etc, in the ports A few times i bought water too And some snacks, like lays chips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoCruiseFan Posted October 16, 2021 #41 Share Posted October 16, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 4:12 AM, intr3pid said: 1) And where would we find this 'clean, pure' tasteless water? 2) Yes, I can see you have got things backwards. There is always one in every thread. 1) According to most people who just have to have bottled water, at any grocery store that carries said product. 2) One who does not fall for one of the biggest marketing scams ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intr3pid Posted October 16, 2021 #42 Share Posted October 16, 2021 33 minutes ago, MoCruiseFan said: 1) According to most people who just have to have bottled water, at any grocery store that carries said product. 2) One who does not fall for one of the biggest marketing scams ever? The only marketing scam here is getting someone to believe they can find 'clean, pure' water to drink at a grocery store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggTexasGal Posted October 16, 2021 #43 Share Posted October 16, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 8:13 PM, Rick&Jeannie said: On our recent sailing on the Jade about a month ago, I tried to purchase the water package up front. I never saw a bill or where they had applied the purchase to my account. I had OBC and just assumed that the OBC covered it. Well...once on board...no water and NCL had conveniently "lost" my order. Not really a big deal; they just referred me to the nearest bar and they processed my order. It was in my cabin within a couple of hours. If you had fully completed the order, you would have had to enter a credit card to the order. The credit card would have been billed immediately. OBC can NOT be used on NCL pre-cruise! Then, NCL would have emailed you a new CONFIRMATION. (It would seem that you did NOT complete the order.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted October 16, 2021 #44 Share Posted October 16, 2021 21 minutes ago, ggTexasGal said: If you had fully completed the order, you would have had to enter a credit card to the order. The credit card would have been billed immediately. OBC can NOT be used on NCL pre-cruise! Then, NCL would have emailed you a new CONFIRMATION. (It would seem that you did NOT complete the order.) Yes, I realize this now (after the fact.) This having been our very first NCL cruise and not knowing the "NCL way" certainly contributed to the confusion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggTexasGal Posted October 16, 2021 #45 Share Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Rick&Jeannie said: Yes, I realize this now (after the fact.) This having been our very first NCL cruise and not knowing the "NCL way" certainly contributed to the confusion. Hopefully your experience is helpful to others. 🙂 *added info for NEW to NCL cruisers: As my DH just said, "If you want to use OBC on NCL, you can purchase water, meals, drinks, excursions, etc. with OBC AFTER you have embarked." Edited October 16, 2021 by ggTexasGal added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare eileeshb Posted October 30, 2021 #46 Share Posted October 30, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 4:42 AM, BirdTravels said: Unless you have well water at home, your water at home runs through miles of plumbing to get to your house. Many decades ago, I had a part time job in college working for my local water company fixing equipment in the large gravity flow water tanks.... you don't want to know what is actually in those tanks. I drink bottled water at home and on the ship. And sometimes that old plumbing on the ship doesn't work so well. American students over in Ireland or the UK have to be warned to only drink water from the kitchen tap as that comes straight from the mains supply, the water in the bathrooms usually comes from attic tanks that are not covered. When my uncle renovated my grandmothers 200+yr old farmhouse he installed 4 attic tanks because the water pressure was so dire. Also if you grew up on the west coast of Ireland up to the 90s power outages due to storms were a regular occurrence so having the attic tank means we can still flush the toilet even when the supply to our house is down due to pumps being off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisakct Posted October 30, 2021 #47 Share Posted October 30, 2021 someone asked earlier, and I didn't see an answer. -- How much does bottled water or a can of soda cost at the bar onboard if you don't have the "plus" beverage package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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