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You can also ask them at the bar or MDR for a coke with no ice  ? at the pizza shack, jump across the way to another bar or venue and grab a coke then go get your pizza.  Have to agree those cups to carry around can be a pain 

On all my recent cruises mixed drinks were $12 plus tip so $14.16.  At $49, the break even point, if solely considering alcohol, is 3.46 drinks.  A recent cruise I scored the package at $46, so break even was 3.25.
On my last cruise I had the package at $49, but had to cancel it before the cruise for financial reasons (I wear black on Tax Day, LOL).  When I got onboard I saw the package was $65/day plus tip...I was really kicking myself for cancelling it.  I settled for the $79+tip drink card offered on Day 4.

I've never been able to justify buying the drink packages, at any price.  My bar bill has never been anywhere near what the drink package would cost.
If I do ever buy the drink package, I'm sure I would be able to get my money's worth.  I would have fancy coffee every morning, I would focus on trying the $12 or $13 dollar cocktails, I would get lots of bottled water.  I would consume enough so that if I was paying list price for every drink, I would come out ahead.
But this is not my normal behavior on a cruise.  My wife and I will get a fancy coffee once or twice on a cruise.  And we will use our C&A BOGO coupon for coffee, so we only need to pay for one.  The rest of the time we just drink the regular, included, coffee.  We will also use our BOGO wine/soda/beer coupons.  Generally we will just use those on beers, on sea days.  With the coupon each beer will cost me $3.50.  We generally book balcony cabins, and bring 2-4 bottles of wine onboard.  So our pre-dinner drink will be a glass of our BOYB wine on the balcony.  At dinner we will usually share a bottle of wine, especially if we are traveling with other people.  A wine that is $12 a glass is only $46 a bottle.  5 glasses of wine in a bottle, so $9.20/glass.  After dinner we will sometimes get a cocktail.  At Boleros I enjoy the Caribbean Painkiller.  $9.50.  If I'm on the drink plan, will I feel compelled to switch to a $12 in order to "get my money's worth?"  I've never bought a bottle of water on a cruise ship.  The tap water is fine with me.  I've read tips that say if you are on the drink package to get a bottle of water with every drink, so you can stay hydrated.  Bartenders will also give you a glass of ice water with every drink, and that is free.
I'd rather just pay per drink.  If my consumption habits were naturally closer to the $12/drink level, and I drank cappuccinos every morning, I might feel differently.
 

I feel like the most overlooked thing with the drink package is that it includes not just alcohol, but all your bottled water, juices, specialty coffee, pop & smoothies (on ships that have it).  I don't drink a ton of alcohol either but with the rest of the drinks factored it, it is most definitely worth it at the right price.  Anything $49/day and under is enough to make me break out my calculator and start thinking.

Just as an example.  If you bought the drink package at $49 then after the gratuity you would have to consume 5 - $13 cocktails to break even and that's for one person.
Of course there are other drinks that cost less that would add up towards the break even point but I was trying to just keep it simple.
The nice part about the package is that you can buy drinks above the $13 limit (think wine) and you will just pay the difference plus gratuity. 
So a $15 glass of wine after the $13 discount will come down to just $2.36

Great starting point, soda will run around $3 to $3.50 for a 12oz can. Don't for get about the 18% gratuity.
 

Twelve days with the unlimited dining package and unlimited drink package? That would get rid of all the wrinkles in my clothes.
My advice is stretchy pants, and lots of them.

Book a room at Comfort Inn and Suites (across the road from Atlantis) - the room comes with full Atlantis day passes. Catch a taxi to hotel - check in and out at the same time and they will give you a pass which you take to Atlantis and swap for Aqua Adventure wrist bands. Stay there as long as you like for about half the price. Catch a taxi back to ship when you are done.

It's all about control - even though you can reserve MTD at the same time and request to be seated with the same wait staff every evening, the lack of certainty would drive her crazy.

My daughter orders from the adult menu all the time. And like @bhageerah said, they can order from both. My daughter has done that too.

ABSOLUTELY!! They are on vacation they can eat from whatever menu that they decide is better for them! Shoot they can even order off both if they wanted to!