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[auntread]

wow this is funny, so many different opinions!
we have never had a problem with it at all, either in the resorts, in the restaurants, or the water fountains in the parks. but i say don't take chances with the baby, delivery idea sounds great!

[Pooh1219]

I don't think it's gross at all. Every day I start out with a bottle of spring water, and then refill throughout the day from the fountains, and it doesn't bother me at all. So many people here on the boards are from different parts of the country and are all used to their own water. Guess it's just a matter of taste - you won't know until you try it.

[clio]

I don't like it at all. We bring bottled water with us when we go down. We freeze it so it stays really cold even after it thaws out it the cooler.
Liz

[Kylesmom]

I thought it was extra extra gross. I could not even rinse my mouth with and have decide on my trip not to bring my shower sypplies as I could not smell anything in the shower but the sulfer smell. It is a taste issue not quality of the water health wise. As sulfer in your water won't make you sick it's just tastes yucky. We used the Brita water bottles and filtered as we drank. I know the bottles are discontinued but our CVS carries them.
HTH
Tina

[Laughaholic]

It's usually just the resort water, and I don't think it is every room. At OKW, a few times we have gotten horrible tasting water, sometimes it tastes fine. I'm not sure exactly why, maybe the new rooms have some sort of filter?

The water in the restaurants and even at the drinking fountains (at least most of them) tastes fine. Albeit a little warm, but they don't taste horrible.

[krisk11]

The water in the water fountains tasted really bad. It was fine in the resorts for brushing your teeth but that was all I would do. I refilled bottles we bought with the water in the soda dispenser in the food court at POFQ.

[Joy J]

I have absolutely no problem with the taste of the tap water at WDW and I love the fact that you can go up to any counter service restaurant at WDW and ask for a cup of ice water which they willingly provide free of charge. For those folks who do not, for whatever reason, like the taste, I suggest that you carry along some drink crystals in pre-measured amounts in little baggies and then simply add them to your free glass of ice water for a refreshing drink at no cost to yourself.

Joy

[3princesses & grumpy]

I've never had a problem with the water at WDW, but then I drink Houston tap water at home all the time.

Kathy

[mac]

I've always had problems with tap water at WDW. It tastes gross to me, and it bothers my stomach if I drink too much. I don't like to drink it myself so I personally wouldn't use it to make bottles .

[stonewall]

We took the Brita bottles along and they worked great- that way we had cold water with us all day long. There is a really high sulphur content in the water there and it is hard to get past the smell much less actually DRINK it!

[rnpunkin]

We bought a pitcher exactly like you described and plan on taking it with us when we go the end of the month. I don't like the taste of my tap water at home, and I remember not liking it there last time we went, so we thought this might be a good option. Also, we have Camelbaks (backpack-type water carrying things you can refill with a long tube-like straw that cyclists, campers, and the military use) that do better with filtered water. The trick is how to pack the water pitcher for an airplane ride.....

[HippieChild87]

We have never had any issue with the tap water being gross or tasting bad. I do imagine though that different places have different tasting water. Up here in the boonies of Maine our water isn't as mineral free as it could be. Oh well. However just to be sure I would get the bottled water for the baby.

[MaryPoppinsFan]

We bring a Brita water pitcher (and individual water bottles with an insulated wrap to keep them cold) with us because the water grosses me out ! I just fill them up the night before and stick them in the fridge so that they're cold in the morning. With 5 of us, buying bottled water in the parks can get expensive.

[DisneylandAlum]

I'm a fairly well-traveled person and Orlando is the *only* place in the U.S. where I have ever found the tap water undrinkable...I usually never notice a difference city to city. We thought it was...well, gross. YMMV .

We ended up spending more $ than we expected to buy bottled water during the trip. Normally I would have just refilled empty bottles from the tap for at least a day before opening a new bottle.

[joeandjenn]

I had to laugh when I read this post! My family thinks that Disney puts some sort of an additive in the water that causes an instant addiction. THAT'S WHY IT TASTES SO WEIRD! It's a big joke with us. I've even asked about it when talking with Disney vacation planners. They say they won't remove the taste as they want us all to be addicted. Ha! Ha!