emmef Posted January 21, 2021 Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 When sailing with a friend March '19 on Oasis she let me know she would be bringing bottled water on board. I had never heard of this and just thought I would pay for bottled water on ship. As with everything here on the board all of you have great tips and tricks and lots of knowledge, so what is the scoop on "bottled water"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted January 21, 2021 Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 From the RC website Guests may bring non-alcoholic beverages as carry-on items on boarding day. Non-alcoholic beverages may not exceed 12 standard (17 oz.) cans, bottles or cartons per stateroom. If you plan on getting a beverage package, (I always get the deluxe) bottled water is included and readily available at all of the bars, as well as other stations around the ship. Veteran cruisers recommend that each time you buy a drink from the bar, ask for a bottle of water too, and take it back to your stateroom to have an ample supply. On port days they will have places set up to get bottles of water to take with you off the ship. sk8erguy1978, JimnKathy and 4ensic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki007 Posted January 21, 2021 Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 1 hour ago, emmef said: When sailing with a friend March '19 on Oasis she let me know she would be bringing bottled water on board. I had never heard of this and just thought I would pay for bottled water on ship. As with everything here on the board all of you have great tips and tricks and lots of knowledge, so what is the scoop on "bottled water"? Just bring a plastic water bottle. There are lots of places to refill for free or better yet buy the drink package and get all the bottled water you can drink...amongst other fine cocktails sk8erguy1978 and Sharla 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erguy1978 Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 hours ago, loki007 said: Just bring a plastic water bottle. There are lots of places to refill for free or better yet buy the drink package and get all the bottled water you can drink...amongst other fine cocktails Before the drink package days we'd bring refillable bottles, worked out great. This probably doesn't need to be said, but we used the cups provided at the water stations to transfer the water to bottle. We never filled directly to be sanitary and courteous. Pattycruise and PRebecca 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flopper Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 I just noticed that they have taken the Evian water bottle package off of the cruise planner and replaced it with dasani water cans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmef Posted January 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 24 minutes ago, vmagestro said: I just noticed that the have taken the Evian water bottle package off of the cruise planner and replaced it with dasani water cans Canned water is HORRIBLE! no way to get rid of that tinny taste. Yuck. I will bring my own bottles then for sure. Flopper and Pattycruise 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 7:29 AM, emmef said: Canned water is HORRIBLE! no way to get rid of that tinny taste. Yuck. I will bring my own bottles then for sure. Canned and "Dasani"? Double yuck Shay, Neesa, Flopper and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmondFarmer Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 The only good water that comes in a can is Coors Light. JimnKathy, S0nny, Ogilthorpe and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 So funny, my grandmother would turn in her grave at the thought of paying for something she got out of the tap! Ogilthorpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmef Posted January 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Pooch said: So funny, my grandmother would turn in her grave at the thought of paying for something she got out of the tap! If she ever tasted yucky tap water like I have, she might change her mind. Though I am old enough to remember when people didn't buy water- just soda ( including Tab). Pooch, WAAAYTOOO and Neesa 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimnKathy Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 On 1/21/2021 at 3:49 PM, GregD said: FVeteran cruisers recommend that each time you buy a drink from the bar, ask for a bottle of water too, and take it back to your stateroom to have an ample supply. On port days they will have places set up to get bottles of water to take with you off the ship. Good advice. Even for those of us who don't do the beverage package, we'll just ask the bartender to hand us a few bottles of water after signing our tab...haven't been charged yet and end up having plenty of free water to drink without a hitch. Of course, you can also bring up to 12 bottles with you on board as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flopper Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 4 hours ago, JimnKathy said: Good advice. Even for those of us who don't do the beverage package, we'll just ask the bartender to hand us a few bottles of water after signing our tab...haven't been charged yet and end up having plenty of free water to drink without a hitch. Of course, you can also bring up to 12 bottles with you on board as well. Do you know if that 12 bottles is per person or per stateroom? JimnKathy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, vmagestro said: Do you know if that 12 bottles is per person or per stateroom? The policy from the website as noted by @GregD above, is per stateroom. Keep in mind as well anything you carry on board needs to be carried around with you until cabins are ready. A dozen bottles of water is manageable for a few hours. Several dozen bottles of water dragged around for a few hours gets old very quickly particularly for the designated water dragger (person in family who ends up carrying the heavy stuff). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 We brought a case of water with us the twice. The first time it sucked lugging it around with us until our cabin was ready. The second time it sucked even more. We haven't brought water with us since the second cruise. Lovetocruise2002, sk8erguy1978, twangster and 4 others 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erguy1978 Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 We've only brought a bottle or two of my wife's favorite sangria a few times. I have a friend in years past put non-alcoholic drinks in a duffle bag and hand it off to the porter. This was years ago, maybe 5, no idea if it'll still work. I suppose as written above, that does go against the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeK Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 After spending 1000s on a cruise, how much can you save bringing your own water? Spending a little extra for water isnt going to break ya. Now I can see maybe bringing your own bottle of wine. sammy79, teddy and WAYNO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 14 hours ago, MikeK said: After spending 1000s on a cruise, how much can you save bringing your own water? Spending a little extra for water isnt going to break ya. Michael Bayley is that you? The reason some of us can afford to spend 1000s on a cruise is by finding little ways to save money here and there. Plus it's not like like they are charging $0.50 for that container of water, plus 18% gratuity. teddy, sk8erguy1978, Curt From Canada and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWong Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 3:16 PM, AlmondFarmer said: The only good water that comes in a can is Coors Light. I'd still drink soda water over Coors Light 20 hours ago, MikeK said: After spending 1000s on a cruise, how much can you save bringing your own water? Spending a little extra for water isnt going to break ya. Now I can see maybe bringing your own bottle of wine. Well, a 12 pack of water will cost about the same as 1-2 bottles of Evian/whatever is on board now, so I get it from that perspective. Plus the money you save from not buying water on board can go towards buying alcoholic beverages. emmef 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 I've been kicking around whether or not to jump in on this....then I said to myself "Why not?" We have decided that we want to cruise multiple times a year. To be able to do so, we have cruise as inexpensively as possible. If we didn't, we'd be hard-pressed to do one cruise a year. We stopped drinking alcohol 15 years ago and are very content with the complementary dining choices onboard so no money spent there. Other than something like when I forgot my hat at home and needed to buy one onboard, we can end a cruise having spent nothing else above the cost we paid when we booked (other than cash tips for crewmembers we interact with). We experimented with bringing water onboard to save money. It did save us money, but is a royal pita to carry around for a few hours. Now, we each bring a stainless water bottle and fill it up.....most of the time we fill it from the sink in our room. We also each bring a small travel coffee cup for carrying coffee around with us. Cheap/thrifty/fugal/tight/whatever. It works for us, and that's all that matters to us. joshgates, Sharla, Linda R and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flopper Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 For me, having the water bottles in the cabin is more of a convenience thing. The lukewarm tap water in the room is gross. I'm a drinker and battle hangovers regularly onboard so having a few cold bottles in the fridge is a necessity. I hate the idea of going from bar to bar asking for bottles of water to carry back to the cabin two at a time to try to stock up and that bottled water isn't the best either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeK Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 7:12 AM, twangster said: Michael Bayley is that you? The reason some of us can afford to spend 1000s on a cruise is by finding little ways to save money here and there. Plus it's not like like they are charging $0.50 for that container of water, plus 18% gratuity. Well put! I agree. I should never had said those things. I apologize to anyone that may have hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, MikeK said: Well put! I agree. I should never had said those things. I apologize to anyone that may have hurt. Hardly hurt, and I was joking around. Personally I drink ship water. I always fly with a refillable water bottle to fill up once through security so I have one with me anyways. For me it's one less thing to worry about. Plus my carry on is usually crammed with camera gear so the thought of dragging water on board isn't that appealing. emmef 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimnKathy Posted February 1, 2021 Report Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 1/23/2021 at 4:20 AM, vmagestro said: Do you know if that 12 bottles is per person or per stateroom? 12 per stateroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharla Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 3:54 PM, teddy said: Cheap/thrifty/fugal/tight/whatever. It works for us, and that's all that matters to us. Also a billion times better for the environment. Plastic bottles are terrible. teddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 3:16 PM, AlmondFarmer said: The only good water that comes in a can is Coors Light. Your definition of "good" leaves much to be desired. SpeedNoodles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 10:10 PM, emmef said: If she ever tasted yucky tap water like I have, she might change her mind. Though I am old enough to remember when people didn't buy water- just soda ( including Tab). The original Tab was my favorite soda, even as a kid. Oh how I miss that saccharine aftertaste! WAAAYTOOO and emmef 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmef Posted February 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 @HeWhoWaits My mom was a Tab drinker back in the day. I was more of a Dr. Pepper person. Honestly though, I gave up drinking soda more than 25 years ago, so water is pretty important to me. We have a reverse osmosis filter at our house that puts most water elsewhere tasting awful, but the cruise won't allow me to fill 12 bottles with my own RO water and bring it on board, so I have to compromise with a couple of bottles of spring water and a refillable bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 30 minutes ago, emmef said: won't allow me to fill 12 bottles with my own RO water and bring it on board Good point. Anything you bring on must be factory sealed in their original containers. emmef 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 5 hours ago, HeWhoWaits said: Your definition of "good" leaves much to be desired. He's not wrong though, Coors Lite is basically water. :::::: ducking :::::: Pooch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmarslinda Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Can you bring more than 12 bottles of water? I have medical reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 If you have medical reasons you can always get an exception. That said we brought a full case on board several times, until they stopped letting you check it with luggage and lugging it around the ship prior to rooms being opened didn't make it worth the effort anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need2cruz Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 I'm not sure how many you're allowed to bring on board, but I ordered 24 cans of water to be delivered to the room from the cruise planner. That sounded more appealing to me than trying to lug a case on board with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fa-li Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just want to say thanks for getting the Tab jingle stuck in my head! Tab Cola what a beautiful drink! Tab for beautiful people! Tab, you’re beautiful to me! 16 ounces and just one calorie! Tab it’s so darn good, and sugar free! Can’t remember where I put my phone or keys most days, but that song comes right back WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyfsu21 Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 So I haven’t seen this seemingly unique approach mentioned yet in this thread but my sister in law taped a luggage tag to a 24 pack of water and handed it to porter w/ her luggage. The water arrived to her cabin w/ the luggage. I personally wouldn’t do this but I can confirm it does in fact work. emmef and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAYNO Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 6 hours ago, lmarslinda said: Can you bring more than 12 bottles of water? I have medical reasons. Tell them you have medical or other special needs, and they will provide you with unlimited gallon jugs of distilled water in your room. Many of us on CPAP's need distilled water, and it's a non-issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 7 hours ago, lmarslinda said: Can you bring more than 12 bottles of water? I have medical reasons. I cannot answer that but I will say this......I have yet to see anyone at the scanner when boarding who asks," Is this your luggage, it has water/wine, what stateroom are you in?" So if you are 2 in a cabin I imagine it can't hurt to try. The scanner people are more concerned with what's in the luggage, not who you are with. Also I see a lot of people who don't like to lug it around. If you have a bag with wheels bring it. Or figure out a way to secure the water to the top of a small luggage with wheels if there is no room inside that luggage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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