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rose102798

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Nola26

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The options for water are these (assuming you are not in OS, DOS or GV):

 

1. Drink the water from the tap.

2. Bring on a filter and drink the water from the tap

3. Bring on a case of bottled water

4. Pay for bottled water on the ship - either by buying it 1 bottle at a time or by purchasing a water package (you can prepurchase these), however, this last option is quite a bit more expensive than the others.

 

5. Bring refillable containers and fill using the dispensers in the buffet.

 

Given that you're staying in the Haven with access to a butler asking the Butler to keep a pitcher in the room is probably your simplest option.

 

We had the casino drink card, so I usually ordered a bottle to drink later.

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Demonyte

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I guess my friends were not telling.rhe truth then..it.was on the Norwegian Jade..Med Cruise 2014 Dec. and they gave us all their booze cuz they weren't drinkers and also water everyday when we went out..hum?

 

 

Your friends have had Owner's Suite, Deluxe Owner's Suite or Garden Villa.

 

Having access to Haven or not does not play a role, the perk is included for those suites also on ships without Haven.

 

In other words, those are the only suite categories getting complimentary bottled water but there are a lot of lower suite categories - also ones categorized as Haven - that do not include the perk.

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usetobeacagirl

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We had what was called a Penthouse Suite on the Jade and our Butler brought is bottled water when we asked for it...unless you all have traveled on the same ship in EUROPE..you don't know what you are talking about. So thank you for your input...but I don't lie and I know what we both received.

 

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Demonyte

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We had what was called a Penthouse Suite on the Jade and our Butler brought is bottled water when we asked for it...unless you all have traveled on the same ship in EUROPE..you don't know what you are talking about.

 

I have, in a penthouse suite, on Jade, in Europe. And I also do know that the policies do not change based on ship's location, policies are fleetwide.

 

And yes, the butler brings you bottled water like any other drink orders if you ask, but it definitely is not complimentary except for the one free bottle waiting in the suite when you embark (there is another too but that is a part of the mini bar).

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NurseDave

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Whatever you want to believe..maybe you didn't tip well enough?

 

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Why do all your responses sound like you have been personally attacked? There is policy and there is what happens. Maybe he thought you were cute and brought you free water even though that wasn't their policy. Or maybe he was afraid you would bite his head off if he didn't . Either way people stating what the policy is doesn't negate what you received nor cause a reason for such an attitude.

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usetobeacagirl

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Why don't you look it up or call..I am speaking from experience and they got bottled water..do you think they would give them Chandon Moet Champagne? And 3 bottles of their choice of booze but not a .25 bottle of water.

 

I am sorry for the disagreement on this and it doesn't really matter in the scheme of life...be happy that you are going on a cruise..water or not. As I will not be going because my sister died the other day and I need to be with my family now...so if you NEED to win some sort.of argument...then you won. I hope you have a wonderful cruise.

 

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jmsnyc

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Exactly! We install RO systems in every property we buy. Our RO systems are typically 5 filter, and they take out nearly EVERYTHING.

 

We drink water from the tap on ships....or NCL-Water as we like to call it.

 

Yes, there's a little ankle-swelling, but it goes away within a week of the cruise...and may be related to simply being near salt-water (skin absorption)....or a higher saline content in the food.

 

Stephen

 

 

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True that! There are so many things while cruising on a ship to make your ankles swell - to blame it on the tap water versus the food in any of the restaurants is silly. Think about all that food and alcohol and sun. And just being on the ocean for a week can throw one's balance off. No offense meant :)

 

I drink bottled water at home, but I usually refill several times from the filter built into the refrig or the filtered water dispenser at work. I try to dispose of the bottle after 3 or 4 uses or if the bottle sits in the car or out at room temp in the heat to reduce the chance of mildew forming. Mildew usually will not form in sealed bottles. With that said I doubt the water sitting sealed on trucks and in stores in those plastic bottles for a long period of time that finally makes it to you drinking it is much better than any ship water. This is an "in general" statement as obviously all bottled waters vary in quality as does ship tap water.

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Demonyte

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The plural of "anecdote" is not "data". Thanks to chengkp75 for the detailed explanation of how the water is treated.

 

 

As already confirmed by chengkp75 in this and other linked thread, it is a known fact that chlorine causes water retention and ship's water has significant amount of chlorine (so much that coming from a country with much cleaner water, just the taste of chlorine is enough for me to want to drink bottled or at least carbon filtered water while onboard).

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chengkp75

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As already confirmed by chengkp75 in this and other linked thread, it is a known fact that chlorine causes water retention and ship's water has significant amount of chlorine (so much that coming from a country with much cleaner water, just the taste of chlorine is enough for me to want to drink bottled or at least carbon filtered water while onboard).

 

However, like sodium, various people react to chlorine in various ways, depending on their heredity, diet, health, etc. And as I've said in most "water" threads, water taste is one of the most hotly contested subjective experiences you have in your life.

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LakeWobegon

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My wife is a water snob. She drinks a lot of it and it has to be up to her taste. Which we laugh about. We have to bring a couple of gallons for a two night hotel stay anywhere we go. For our upcoming cruise, though, she is cool with bringing our 20 ounce hydro flasks and filling them in the buffet and/or asking the room steward for a pitcher of ice water once or twice a day.

 

Our main problem with filling it from the bathroom sink is...think about it. The people before you had a big bowel movement and then washed their hands in that sink, brushing and rubbing their hands all over the faucet bottom where the water flows out and which will be flowing into whatever cup or water container you are using. I know. I know. People do it all the time and live. But for me, thinking about that will cause me to go the extra effort to just fill up my hydro flask.

 

BTW. Have the UBP or whatever they call it when we booked a year plus ago. If I want to chill on the balcony some evening and have a few glasses of wine, I plan to ask the bartender to pour me a glass, dump it in the hydro flask, ask for another glass, dump it in the hydro flask and bring my "bottle" back to the room. lol.

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Our main problem with filling it from the bathroom sink is...think about it. The people before you had a big bowel movement and then washed their hands in that sink, brushing and rubbing their hands all over the faucet bottom where the water flows out and which will be flowing into whatever cup or water container you are using.

 

Don't worry ... from the smell of the water I think there's enough chlorine in it to kill off the bacteria. According to one review, the water was so chlorinated that it turned his wife's hair green: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=46671539&postcount=1

 

In reality, they were working on the water system and had water turned off on most the ship for maintenance. They perform this type of maintenance when most passengers are off the ship. They were in the process of restoring the water and had injected a major dose of chlorine which was to be flushed through the system. If you were unlucky enough to be taking your shower right at that time, well it wasn’t good.

 

I'm suspicious of this description, since chlorine is dangerous in high concentrations, and I can't imagine this is normal procedure. In a constantly flowing system like the water systems on a ship, I can't imagine they have to "shock it" like you do a swimming pool. But I have had times when the chlorine smell was much greater than other times.

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Don't worry ... from the smell of the water I think there's enough chlorine in it to kill off the bacteria. According to one review, the water was so chlorinated that it turned his wife's hair green: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=46671539&postcount=1

 

 

 

I'm suspicious of this description, since chlorine is dangerous in high concentrations, and I can't imagine this is normal procedure. In a constantly flowing system like the water systems on a ship, I can't imagine they have to "shock it" like you do a swimming pool. But I have had times when the chlorine smell was much greater than other times.

 

You got that right. There would never be an instance where they knowingly dosed a higher concentration of chlorine.

 

And I've seen where very hot, distilled water (like a good percentage of ship's water), which is slightly acidic, will turn bleached hair green.

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elruth

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We always buy the water package no matter what cabin we are in. It's not that expensive and it's nice to put the bottles in the refrig and have it available to drink. The water bottles are in your cabin when you get on board if you pay for it ahead of time. 6 liter bottles for $ 27.00. I find it a bit humorous that people go to all the trouble to bring water onboard to save money when they are in an expensive cabin but " to each his own ".

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