Drinking Water at the Atlantis, Bahamas

Atlantis is a huge, high quality resort. Drink the water, you'll be fine.

Just bring some Imodium just in case. I bring that whenever / wherever I travel to as you never know.

BTW - I'm jealous - have fun!!

My husband's job takes us regularly to the Atlantis and a resort in Mexico. We are there with large groups of people from his job. The trips have been going on for years. No one has ever become sick from the water at the resorts. When we leave the resort on excursions we are all counseled to buy bottled water to drink while away from the resort.

Maybe the bottled water purchasing hype is just that...hype.

Have a fun and safe trip!! Put your toes in that beautiful,white,powdery sand for me!!

i'm so glad i'm not afraid of water.
khairete
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I have been to Atlantis once, and my Mom has been there multiple times. All of the water served in the hotel is safe to drink. They filter their own tap water so you can drink it right out of the sink in your hotel room. They also sell and serve bottled water everywhere. People talk about getting the cab to stop because the bottled water is expensive at Atlantis.

You could bring your own from the US, but that's a HUGE amount of weight to pay for in your baggage.

The CDC indicates you can get typhoid from the tap water in the Bahamas, if its contaminated.

I've not been to the Bahamas, but I've spent a good bit of time in the Caribbean - I ALWAYS do bottled water. I don't want to spend thousands of dollars on vacation to spend it in the bathroom with vomiting and diarrhea.

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/th...

Our digestive systems are not conditioned to tolerate water that is processed differently. Even if you don't get typhoid, you can still get sick.

I would cab to the store and get big bottles of purified water once you get to the island. If you pack it, you will add more in baggage fees. Even if you get free checked bags, at 50 pounds you get charged a 2nd weight fee.

Why is it so bad to drink bottled water? I probably drink 6 bottles a day plus water from my filtered fridge..

Our tap water is ok I suppose but we just don't drink it, never have and won't start.

Whenever we go on vacations anywhere, we always stock up on bottled water. I would not trust a resort's tap water anywhere, especially Mexico.

I would not take the chance of getting sick from drinking their water and ruining my vacation. The vacation is to enjoy and relax and not have to worry about the small stuff.

1. If you take the water with you then you have to pay for it to travel...may have misunderstood what you meant with that question.

2. Tap water everywhere tastes different. Millions of people are used to water without a lot of chemicals in it that comes in plastic bottles. Our water is so chlorinated it gags me when I try to drink it.

My friends water has such a sulfur taste I can't even stand to be in the same room if she's doing dishes.

So many people want to drink water that doesn't have a taste. If water companies would make the water clean and fragrance free, bad taste free the bottled water companies would go out of business.

If you were driving then taking your own boat to the resort then you could pack your own water in abundance. Otherwise you need to buy it there.

It wouldn't hurt for you to go ahead and go to the resort and if you don't like the water you can run go get some water.

My husband and I went there a couple of years ago and we looked at all the reviews before we went too. The reason they say to stop and get bottled water is because of the cost. We never saw anything about the water not being safe to drink, it's the fact that it is very expensive there and what they charge for bottled water is ridiculous. I don't remember exactly what it was but just be prepared to pay alot of money for most things there.

We've been there. I don't remember the tap water tasting bad. It's interesting you mention Dasani though because my kids HATE Dasani bottled water and won't buy it. Now maybe I know why. I always thought they were being too picky.

Perhaps people drink bottled water to carry it to the waterpark without having to pay the high concession stand prices for it? Some of the hotel buildings are a bit of a hike from the actual waterpark. There are concession stands throughout the water park, but prices are high and lines can get long.

I can't even imagine packing enough bottled water for three people for five days in my luggage. If you decide you don't like the tap water there is a grocery store/convenience store just outside the resort that is reasonably priced. Prices are generally lower in the Marina area right next to the property too than in the resort proper. If you go out of the resort near the Marina side just kitty corner outside of the resort is a strip mall type shopping center with a couple of restaurants and very touristy type souvenir shops. In that area there is a grocery/convenience store where you can get bottled water, other beverages and snacks reasonably priced. It's about a three block walk. That is what I would do. The rooms, or at least the rooms we had in the Coral Tower, did not have refrigerators. I brought along a cooler bag, kept it filled with ice from the hotel ice machine and used that as our "refrigerator" for beverages and fresh fruit.

However, I don't remember anything in particular about the tap water and I don't know why people are telling you to bring your own water. We were there for five days also.

I only drink tap water at home...in my local area or if I am with people who can assure me the water is safe. I drink a TON of water and do not want to get sick.

We were at Atlantis in January (just a one day stop on a cruise) but we paid for the botteld water off the ship every day. It was well worth $7 for us to have two large bottles of water with us everywhere we went.

You don't bring bottled water because it's heavy and you'll pay a fortune for it.

I have not visited there but even a privately filtered reverse osmosis system at a resort has the potential to cause you discomfort. It may not be unsafe, it may not taste bad, but different areas have different bacteria in their water systems. No system can eradicate that bacteria. They may not make you seriously ill, but it is still a foreign substance that your digestive system must address all the same and why take the chance on vacation? I have been at super nice places in Mexico and Africa and Europe where various travelers suffered through diarrhea and nausea because they drank the water or even brushed their teeth with tap water accidentally. I wouldn't want to waste a vacation like that so I am always extra careful. I have another tip for anyone in your party with a sensitive stomach: a pepto chewable tablet at every meal. It is good preventative medicine.

As for carrying water there....too much weight and cost. The good news is that water should be cheap at the grocery stores. Good luck and have fun!

I would call and ask the people at the resort and go with what they say. I know most places you cannot drink the water. I've been to the bahamas, not Atlantis and we did not drink the water. We were told by the people there not to.

Listen to what they say. Tap water in the US is completely different than in other countries. Yes, tap from different states taste different, but it is safe to drink. Well even here they say trace amounts of medications are found in the water. Lead and other heavy metals may be found. I use a filter on my tap.

In some other countries the water is not "cleaned" the way ours is. The water that people bathe in, wash clothes in, and where waste is deposited is the same. That is what you get sick from. It really isn't worth the risk.

My daughter just got back from China and one of the kids who went decided he would drink the water anyway. He got very sick and spent a good bit of time in the infirmary, not worth it!

I agree with you on bottled water. It makes me crazy to pay for tap water from another city (run through a filter or not), put it in a plastic bottle, ship it across country using up precious fossil fuels, subject it to heat and cold, pay to stock it at a supermarket, and drive to bring it home. As far as I'm concerned, bottled water is for the Red Cross to take to disaster sites or for use during hurricanes - and even so, we just fill pitchers and leave them on the counter when we think power will be interrupted.

Travel agents tell people to buy bottled because they don't want to hear that anyone didn't like the taste.

I don't see any problem using resort water - everyone's getting drinks with ice in them anyway. A third world country might be another story. But the Bahamas/Virgin Islands and major resorts are fine.

Tap water is much better regulated than bottled water or spring water anyway. Taste varies by a lot of things - mineral content, chlorine added, etc., and I find people from elsewhere don't like my town's water and I don't like theirs as much. Big deal, as far as I'm concerned. This whole "water tastes bad" mantra is turned into a huge marketing ploy by the people who make those bogus "vitamin" waters and other things they are now penalizing for making health claims, and families are going broke spending more and more of their household budget on a basic commodity.

And dealing with the chemicals used in plastic bottles is not much better. You can't take bottled water through airline security so you're stuck paying inflated airport prices or resort prices. Just turn on the tap, I say.

Bringing bottled water would add quite a bit of luggage to haul further.

Maybe the reverse osmosis, while safe to drink, adds a funky flavor.