Sounds like maybe Corky's cruise is done, but in case anyone else is reading and wondering the same thing: remember that everyone in the same cabin must have the same drinks package (well, minors won't be forced into the alcoholic beverages). If you have one drinker and one non-drinker, it's almost guaranteed to be better to skip the packages.

My one and only cruise was from New York to Southampton in 2008, on the next-to-last transoceanic sailing of QE2. I did get the soft drinks package, and one of my dinnermates and I claim we drank the ship dry of ginger beer (preferred drink for both of us, and they ran out on day 4). Definitely worth it for me, since there were no limits, but (a) I don't drink coffee, tea, or other hot drinks, and (b) these were the days before everyone drank water all day long.