North Pole Posted February 28, 2007 #1 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Is it possible to drink the ships tap water or is it wiser to buy bottled water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LoveMyBoxer Posted February 28, 2007 #2 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Ship's water is perfectly fine. It's the same water they will serve you in the dining room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRINSENDAM Posted February 28, 2007 #3 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Ship's water is perfectly fine. It's the same water they will serve you in the dining room. Exactly. Even the ice cubes are made from it. Nothing wrong with the taste either. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted February 28, 2007 #4 Share Posted February 28, 2007 The ship's tap water is absolutely safe. In fact it is probably the safest water you can drink. The ships have their own state-of-the-art water treatment plants which produce extremely high quality drinking water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakrewser Posted February 28, 2007 #5 Share Posted February 28, 2007 The ship's water is better than your municipal water - and the equal of many bottled waters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankerbabe Posted February 28, 2007 #6 Share Posted February 28, 2007 We always drink the ship's water. Some lines that we have been on (not sure if HAL does this) will try to sell you bottled water with your dinner. No thanks - tap water is just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpduquaine Posted February 28, 2007 #7 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I had heard that the water in your rooms are not safe for drinking. Go to the Dining rooms for water or the bar area....I was told that the water in your bathrooms do not go through the vigorous purification processs as the "drinking" water. I have never bought water on any of cruises and did drink loads of water from the water service and thought it was just as good as my water at home......By the way, I think Hollands water is more of a reverse osmosis than Princess......I am a water buffalo and am very picking on the water that I drink. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Parrot Posted February 28, 2007 #8 Share Posted February 28, 2007 The water in your stateroom's bathroom is perfectly safe to drink, and goes through the same treatment process as the drinking water supplied to the rest of the ship. It usually does taste pretty good too! Modern cruise ships have both evaporators and desalinators ("reverse osmosis") systems to produce drinking water. If a ship is spending a lot of time in ports and not much time going between ports, it may take water onboard when docked. In this case, the water is treated to ensure it conforms to both safety and taste standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakrewser Posted February 28, 2007 #9 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I had heard that the water in your rooms are not safe for drinking. Go to the Dining rooms for water or the bar area....I was told that the water in your bathrooms do not go through the vigorous purification processs as the "drinking" water. Where did you hear this? All of the drinking water on HAL ships comes from the same tanks - bars, dining rooms and cabins - I've seen them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkletoes4445 Posted February 28, 2007 #10 Share Posted February 28, 2007 We thought the water tasted fine (in the cabin and in the dining room). We usually drink bottled water at home, but we found the water on the cruise to be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribbean girl Posted February 28, 2007 #11 Share Posted February 28, 2007 We've always enjoyed the ship's water with no problems. We did meet a couple from Canada and the husband's hands and feet had become quite swollen during our recent 10 day cruise. He seemed to think it might have had something to do with the ships water or something about the amount of salt present, post desalination (sp?). I guess he was particularly sensitive to salt content in water/food items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noblepa Posted February 28, 2007 #12 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I did notice on our Oosterdam cruise last April, that the water was extremely soft. When taking a shower or even washing my hands, a tiny bit of soap produced a huge amount of lather. When I rinsed off, my whole body had that slippery feel that soft water gives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted February 28, 2007 #13 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I had heard that the water in your rooms are not safe for drinking. It's the same exact stuff used in the dining rooms and the bars... Absolutely safe to drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE PLUMBER Posted February 28, 2007 #14 Share Posted February 28, 2007 While we're on the subject of water- do you know if the soda cards include purchasing bottled water like San pellingrino? Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixieCaribe Posted February 28, 2007 #15 Share Posted February 28, 2007 My sources (Aunt and Uncle who just got back from the Caribbean) tell me that the soda cards are only good for soda and that they were really stiff on this - she said there were no exceptions to that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funny Daddy Posted February 28, 2007 #16 Share Posted February 28, 2007 The water on the ship is great! Try to go on a tour with the engineer, you'll get to see the water purification area, it will convince you! Rgds, **** Daddy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaofami Posted February 28, 2007 #17 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I drank the water on the Noordam, including in the cabin, with no trouble at all. I am extremely sensitive to salt, and did retain some fluids, but I think the swellin might come from the food and the hummidity in the ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpduquaine Posted March 1, 2007 #18 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I guess when we were on Princess last year and Holland 2 & 3 years ago, I may have miss heard about the water in your room.....I did hear it from one of the talks somewhere......My apologies for misinformation, sorry! Although glad to hear I can drink the water from my room because then i don't have to run to the bar area for my evening meds.....Thanks for the re-correction, always glad to have this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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