Bringing a travel kettle to Florida?

[DebIreland]

I have a 12 month old who will still be on formula (the follow-on type for older babies) when we visit WDW in June. I would like to bring a travel kettle to boil water each night, store it in the fridge and use it the next day for bottles. Will a travel kettle that I buy here work in the U.S.? Or will their electrical voltage be totally different? I'd wait and buy one over there but it seems that Americans don't use electric kettles a whole lot or has that changed? How do they make tea or instant coffee.... anyway that's beside the point, lol!

Anyone have any advice on what I should do?

I have a related second question. Does anyone know what type of bottled water is the best to boil for babies bottles? I don't want to use it straight from the bottle as I have always boiled water for her.... tap water up to now but they don't recommend using tap water in Orlando. I just don't know whether to buy natural spring water or mineral water or is there another type?

Thanks in advance

 

[Jamesbyr]

When we last went to Europe, we carried electrical converters so we could recharge our cameras on the European electrical outlets.

I imagine that the reverse would work. Things that create any amount of heat need special attention.

Get regular bottled water at the supermarkets.

 

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

Check the travel kettle, if it says 110-240V you will be Ok with a plug adaptor.
When we took our (at the time) 3 month old, we bought bottled water from the supermarket (they were all OK) and actually formula from the supermarket/pharmacies.

he is now a bouncing 3 year old, so no problems

 

[luckyshannon]

if the kettle is 220v it will work but will take a lot longer to boil, you could buy a 220-110v convertor but would you use it again (if you buy one make sure it is rated high enough for the kettle ) as for the water issue i think i would use the spring water as its the minerals in water that could cause problems.
luckyshannon

 

[magicmouse2]

If you go to WDW every year why not buy one ? you can get cheap ones for about $5-7 at walmart. I bought curling tongs over there, and a toaster!!! I dont take the toaster anymore since we bought in DVC but i was only $4 and saved us loads on breakfast (toast in the room) when we stayed at POR.

 

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

The other option is to buy a kettle when you get there from somewhere like Wal Mart or Target
http://www.target.com/gp/search.htm...eld-keywords=kettle&url=index=target&x=23&y=6

 

[Hilary]

Your travel kettle should work okay but (as luckyshannon has said) will take longer to boil if it doesn't have dual voltage. As you plan to use it at night, not in the morning when you're rushing to get out, that may not be a problem to you anyway

I take our 220volt one every year and am always on the lookout for a dual voltage model to replace it, but I haven't been able to find anything out there. Admittedly I've been looking for a travel model, not just a kitchen kettle, but even the super WalMarts haven't had anything when I've looked.

 

[Bexx]

Your travel kettle should work okay but (as luckyshannon has said) will take longer to boil if it doesn't have dual voltage.

In that case it would probably take forever to boil, as I always find that travel kettles take much longer to boil, even when they're on the correct voltage!!

FWIW I found these dual voltage travel kettles via ebay Travel Accessories

 

[Miss Mickey Mania]

Deb I see you will be staying onsite. Won't your hotel room have a kettle in it already? I know POFQ certainly does.

Anyway in case I'm mistaken, a travel kettle should have dual voltage as you will need 110v for the USA. Then you'll just need a plug adaptor.

 

[DebIreland]

Thank you all so much for all the replies. This is exactly the information I was looking for. This is great!

MissMickeyMania,
As far as I know there is a coffee-maker in the room and a hairdryer and iron but no mention of a kettle so I don't want to take the chance.

Thanks again everyone

 

[Miss Mickey Mania]

Oh Deb you're right. I don't know what I was thinking. Of course it's a coffee maker and not a kettle. I was still thinking with my UK brain .

You'd think I'd never been to WDW before! I should know better.

 

[DebIreland]

lol! That's ok! I guess we can't stay in Disney mode *all* the time... it would be nice though

 

[mrsminniemouse]

We took a travel kettle when we stayed at Beach Club when DD was 6 months old. It took 30 mins to boil! But we did it at bedtime and filled the bottles in the morning so it was ok. We used tap water I think, I know we certainly did when she was 11 months. You can buy nursery water in the supermarkets there, try that. It is just mineral water or filtered water or something I think.

At Beach Club a couple of years before (for our wedding) my friend used to go to the restaurant and fill the bottles with boiling water that was in the coffee machine for making tea. You could do this at food court each night and used it cooled the next day.

Mandy

Edited to add, any bottled water is ok as long as it has low sodium. Evian is fine, SMA Gold helpline told me to use Evian when we were off to Spain. Check the sodium level on Evian at home before you go and look for something similar or with less sodium when you get there. Evian is more unusual and will be expensive there. However, I am sure boiled tap water is fine.

 

[rosiejo]

I don't drink hot drinks so never paid much attention before - we're staying in a villa with a coffee maker and my DH2B's parents are BIG tea drinkers... will they be able to make tea with it? they're sure to ask...

 

[juliebro]

I'm not a tea drinker but I can't imagine that you can make tea in a coffee maker. I wouldn't want to drink coffee from a coffee maker after someone had tried to make tea in it. Yuck!

Julie

 

[Hilary]

I don't drink hot drinks so never paid much attention before - we're staying in a villa with a coffee maker and my DH2B's parents are BIG tea drinkers... will they be able to make tea with it? they're sure to ask...

LOL! I've tried using a coffee maker to make tea and it was pretty dismal I still drank it but DH refused - just depends how desperate you are, I guess The problem is that the water doesn't ever get to boiling point.

 

[mrsminniemouse]

When we stayed at an off site villa and in DVC villas, they have what Americans call a tea kettle. It is the sort of kettle you put on the hob and it whistles when the water is boiled. We used this to prepare water for DDs bottles.

Mandy

 

[rosiejo]

When we stayed at an off site villa and in DVC villas, they have what Americans call a tea kettle. It is the sort of kettle you put on the hob and it whistles when the water is boiled. We used this to prepare water for DDs bottles.

Mandy

Ah yes the old fashioned kettle that they had before electric - I remember we had one of those in the villa we stayed in before. Well I hope they have one this year or I'll be off to Walmart to buy a kettle!

 

[cazzie]

LOL! I've tried using a coffee maker to make tea and it was pretty dismal I still drank it but DH refused - just depends how desperate you are, I guess The problem is that the water doesn't ever get to boiling point.

Glad I read this as I was planning to use the coffee maker in our room for boiling the water to make tea, as a self confessed tea addict I can't go without my tea (I am taking a box of 240 teabags and theres only 2 of us) so maybe I will have to go and buy a travel kettle.

 

[SEVANS2208]

Just a suggestion - why don't you take a few cartons of the ready made formula to last the first day. Then, if there isn't a kettle in your room you can buy one. Also, it's worth asking the hotel if they can provide a kettle, esp. if you explain why you need one.