curlstravel Posted February 18, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Is it cheaper to wait until you get on the ship to order water for your room or is it just as cheap to buy it online? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycarla Posted February 18, 2014 #2 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Cheapest way is to drink the water they make onboard. Which is better; bottle water or ships water? Less cheap is to bring your own bottled water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonyte Posted February 18, 2014 #3 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Which is better; bottle water or ships water? Taste wise: bottled water or water from ship's restaurants or bars. Purity wise: ship's water - even from cabin tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalgirl Posted February 18, 2014 #4 Share Posted February 18, 2014 We just drink the water onboard - 10 years and we are still here;) We also take a water bottle and fill it up before leaving the ship if we think we will be in a location that does not have access to a lot of water. Many excursions include a bottle of water, and many stops have stores to buy water - usually much cheaper than on the ship. Buying water from the ship is convenient and easy, but not cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedj6050 Posted February 18, 2014 #5 Share Posted February 18, 2014 My experience with the water on the ships(Epic & POA) is very good.the water had no smell or taste.better than my local municipal tap water.just refilled the same bottle all week with glasses filled in the buffet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-9 Posted February 18, 2014 #6 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Is it cheaper to wait until you get on the ship to order water for your room or is it just as cheap to buy it online? Thank you How much is it to order on-line? I can't see it offered for my cruise yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinaS Posted February 18, 2014 #7 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Is it cheaper to wait until you get on the ship to order water for your room or is it just as cheap to buy it online? Thank you We always bring a few bottles of water (a six pack or so of one-liter bottles) and just refill them. We also bring a reusable thermal mug for easy filling from cups at the buffet. Never fill your own cups or bottles directly from the buffet - always use a clean cup first, then transfer from the cup into your own bottle or thermal mug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephillykid Posted February 18, 2014 #8 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Best idea in my eyes if you don't want to drink the ship's water, which is pretty good, by the way, is to stop at a cvs or supermarket on the way to the ship and buy a 24 pack of spring water. When you get to the port just slap a luggage tag on the side of the 24 pack and it will get to your room no problem. You will pay under $4 for 24 bottles in stead of $4 for 1 bottle on board. Pretty simple. Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da-Painter Posted February 19, 2014 #9 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I recall it was $5 for a liter of water on the ship. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly11 Posted February 19, 2014 #10 Share Posted February 19, 2014 It's cheaper to bring your own. The bottles on board are $5 each. It's a big bottle but I can find a whole case of water for $5 at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HokiePoq Posted February 19, 2014 #11 Share Posted February 19, 2014 My experience with the water on the ships(Epic & POA) is very good.the water had no smell or taste.better than my local municipal tap water.just refilled the same botle all week with glasses filled in the buffet. This is what we do. Water has been fine on all the NCL ships we've been on. In fact on all the ships we've been on except one....Legend of the Seas. At first I thought the toilet was smelling like the sewer but it was the tap water. Apparently not lethal but awful. Ship's engineer advised us (when I asked) to drink the water from the buffet where it was filtered more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonyte Posted February 19, 2014 #12 Share Posted February 19, 2014 My experience with the water on the ships(Epic & POA) is very good.the water had no smell or taste.better than my local municipal tap water.just refilled the same bottle all week with glasses filled in the buffet. This is what we do. Water has been fine on all the NCL ships we've been on. In fact on all the ships we've been on except one....Legend of the Seas. At first I thought the toilet was smelling like the sewer but it was the tap water. Apparently not lethal but awful. Ship's engineer advised us (when I asked) to drink the water from the buffet where it was filtered more. I have no problem with the water in the bars or restaurants, also on NCL ships it's carbon filtered there and has no odd taste. The problem is filling water bottles from the cabin tap on which the water has definitive chlorine taste, I much rather pay couple of bucks and haul a case of bottled water to have in the cabin than have to fill couple of empty bottles at the time from buffet area's dispenser using a glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercrikhix Posted February 19, 2014 #13 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Buying water from the cruiseline is way spendy. We bring on some bottled water at embarkation and we all have Brita filtering water bottles that we bring to filter the ships water even more and any potable water in ports, like drinking fountains, etc..... We love our Brita filtering water bottles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP Tech Posted February 19, 2014 #14 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I have no problem with the water in the bars or restaurants, also on NCL ships it's carbon filtered there and has no odd taste. The problem is filling water bottles from the cabin tap on which the water has definitive chlorine taste I hate to say this but this is completely mental. The water purification system on board is the same for kitchens, restaurants, cabins and bars. It's all one system. Even the pools are originally fed from the same system then switched to a closed loop system to allow constant monitoring and filtering. I know far too much about water quality via my job, you will never find me in a public pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonyte Posted February 19, 2014 #15 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I hate to say this but this is completely mental. The water purification system on board is the same for kitchens, restaurants, cabins and bars. It's all one system. No it is not. This has been confirmed here also by an ex-employee that worked for years onboard NCL ships with enviromental systems. The purification system itself is of course the same and produces all potable water onboard, but resulting water is chlorinated in order to keep the ship's clean water pipes etc clean. That chlorine taste is removed in food/drink handling areas by local carbon filtering that is not used in cabins or where said water might be used in pools, jacuzzis etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise4kicks Posted February 19, 2014 #16 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Is it cheaper to wait until you get on the ship to order water for your room or is it just as cheap to buy it online? Thank you To get back to the OP's original question... There is no option to purchase online or in advance. You can only purchase the water package once onboard. If you find a way to purchase in advance, please let me know! I couldn't locate it online, and when I called NCL yesterday, neither could they. (...which wouldn't be the first time someone from NCL couldn't find the answer or was misinformed... ;) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonyte Posted February 19, 2014 #17 Share Posted February 19, 2014 No, there is no way to pre-purchase. Water packages are like beer buckets, only available onboard but one can buy one from pretty much any bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlstravel Posted February 19, 2014 Author #18 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Thanks for all of your responses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4774Papa Posted February 19, 2014 #19 Share Posted February 19, 2014 We just drink the water onboard - 10 years and we are still here;) We also take a water bottle and fill it up before leaving the ship if we think we will be in a location that does not have access to a lot of water. Many excursions include a bottle of water, and many stops have stores to buy water - usually much cheaper than on the ship. Buying water from the ship is convenient and easy, but not cheap. I have been drinking tap water for 66 years and still going strong. To me bottled water is a necessity for third world countries, but the ship's water is not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froufie Posted February 19, 2014 #20 Share Posted February 19, 2014 No, there is no way to pre-purchase. Water packages are like beer buckets, only available onboard but one can buy one from pretty much any bar. wondering what the cost is? How many bottles? what type? thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonyte Posted February 19, 2014 #21 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) wondering what the cost is? How many bottles? what type? thanks :) I can't remember exactly because the bottled water onboard is so overpriced to begin with that even with little discount in a package it's still very overpriced and we haven't bought bottled water onboard other than on few first cruises as single bottles. I think that the package price was 6 large bottles for a fixed price, to my recollection the price for (still) spring water and (carbonated) mineral water was pretty much the same. Like in US, in Europe they sold local water available for 20% for the price (or less) in grocery stores. Edited February 19, 2014 by Demonyte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froufie Posted February 19, 2014 #22 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I can't remember exactly because the bottled water onboard is so overpriced to begin with that even with little discount in a package it's still very overpriced and we haven't bought bottled water onboard other than on few first cruises as single bottles. I think that the package price was 6 large bottles for a fixed price, to my recollection the price for (still) spring water and (carbonated) mineral water was pretty much the same. Like in US, in Europe they sold local water available for 20% for the price (or less) in grocery stores. Are you able to bring bottled water/soft drinks onto the ship - either at embarkation or at the ports??? Doe NCL allow this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise4kicks Posted February 19, 2014 #23 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Are you able to bring bottled water/soft drinks onto the ship - either at embarkation or at the ports??? Doe NCL allow this? Yes, you can bring on any nonalcoholic beverage, free of charge. It's just that in some ports -- Tampa and New Orleans, I think? -- the porters will not take them as baggage; you'd have to lug it on yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagetek23 Posted February 20, 2014 #24 Share Posted February 20, 2014 We always order a pitcher of ice water when we get room service for breakfast on port days. (I just write it on the form) then fill our water bottles from there to take ashore. Doesn't cost a thing and it tastes just a good as bottled...you would never know. Saves lots of money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froufie Posted February 20, 2014 #25 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yes, you can bring on any nonalcoholic beverage, free of charge. It's just that in some ports -- Tampa and New Orleans, I think? -- the porters will not take them as baggage; you'd have to lug it on yourself. thanks for the info - will be boarding in Barcelona then one stop in Madeira before crossing the Atlantic so hopefully can stock up in either of these ports! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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