I will say that used to like to have the package. The last cruise we were on was the first without the package. We had the Elite breakfast drinks and used the 2 hours to stock up on beer and water, by asking for them unopened and put them in the fridge. For dinner we got wine and carried it in the dining room lots of people do it. I had rum and cokes before dinner. It was way cheaper to pay as you go whenever you wanted a drink than to buy the package, especially since the package can sometimes run over a thousand each.