Keeping Food Cold While Touring Outside In The Summer

[stolly]

Any good suggestions for keeping some of my daughter's food cold while touring all day during the summer? We're going to Florida, will be out all day some days in theme parks where we will mainly need to rely on bringing food for her (she's also picky, so we plan to take yogurt, cheese, deli ham, etc). We can't carry anything too big since we'll be in theme parks most days. I figured we could freeze water bottles and carrots or grapes to keep things cold in a soft sided cooler in the morning, but in 90 degree weather, I figure that will only last until lunchtime. Otherwise, I figure we could ask for bags of ice when we get lunch, but those will melt quickly. Any thoughts on how to keep things cold until dinner time? Thanks!

[GlutenGalAZ]

Some theme parks do not let you bring food into the park anymore. If you are somewhere where it is easy to get back out to your car I would just get a large ice chest and put a lot of blue ice in it or blue ice and regular ice.

I would call the theme parks you are going to, to find out if you can bring in a small ice chest or one of those cooler bags.

I agree with freezing some water/juice/grapes since that would help keep everything else cold longer.

[stolly]

We are going to Disney, and they allow you to take food for dietary/allergy reasons. I know Disney is good with preparing meals for people with dietary restrictions, but my daughter eats a limited variety of food (she's 2.5), and only very small portions at a time, but pretty frequently. We just started the gluten-free diet 4 weeks ago, so we'd prefer to have safe things with us so she can snack on them throughout the day.

[ryebaby0]

A lot of on-line container stores sell what is essentially a large insulated tote bag. I use it a lot because with frozen items it stays cold a long time, but is easy to carry like a purse (over your shoulder). In 90 degree heat, not much is going to stay cold forever, so you might want to rely on frozen water bottles for the cold, and pack food that is less dependant on temperature!