Thank you for the friendly welcome 🙂 I did see the rule that everyone in the cabin has to buy the drinks package if one does, and I saw the price which to me seems exorbitant!!!! We don't like soft drinks, and as for alcohol, I drink very little, and my husband only has his beers in the evening, but it can amount to a few pints... On the other hand, he's pretty particular when it comes to his tea (in true British style, his cuppa is important), so the question is, what's the tea like that's included in the price of the cruise? He can easily go through 5 big mugs of tea during the day...
It may seem like a trivial thing, to be worried about the drinks but when I saw that the drinks package can add up to 30% compared to the basic price I was gobsmacked.