We did the drink package on our last cruise out of NOLA and thank god we did not have to pay for the drinks we consumed. For the first couple of days we kept up with the receipts because we were going to total up the amount we would have to pay without the UBP. One night alone between 4PM and closing time between ourselves and the other couple we were with we counted up over $800 in drink ticket receipts. We finally just threw the receipts away because we had so many of them but we had a great time on the NCL Dawn. I do have mixed feelings about the UBP since we are going to Alaska and I don't want to be impaired and miss anything.