I thought the $80 drink package was a scam until I did the math on a 7 day Alaska run

Paige Chen · 2026-09-28T23:50:03.170221+00:00

I swore up and down I'd never buy one of those drink packages, figured it was just a way to squeeze another $80 a day out of people who don't keep track. Then last June I did 7 days out of Seattle to Alaska and actually wrote down every single drink on my phone. By day 3 I was at $61 and I hadn't even hit a show yet, and by the time we pulled back in I was around $430 total. The package would've been $560 but I forgot it covers the fancy coffee bar too, which I was hitting twice a day at $6 a pop. My wife still says I only broke even because I was counting on purpose to prove a point. Anyone else actually run the numbers on these or do you all just wing it and hope?

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