Today we were in Cobh, the gateway port to Cork, Ireland. This was another addition to the cruise in order to avoid the rough weather that was passing through Guernsey. The tours team had to arrange last minute tours because it was only made known to the public 48 hours ago that we would be calling into Cobh. They managed to come up with some decent ones, like the one to Blarney Castle where you can kiss the fabled Blarney Stone, which is supposed to grant the gift of eloquence.
Tonight we had the customary Portunus Party in the Starlights Lounge to honour our Portunus members. All one needs to do to become a Portunus member is go on a few cruises. It takes at least 50 days of cruising to become a gold-tier member, which at the moment is the highest tier with the most benefits. So eight 7-day cruises, four 14-day cruises, or two 26-day cruises is what it would take to get there. There are the Ruby and Sapphire tiers as well. There is talk of introducing a new tier called the Platinum tier for those well over 50 days. Then I guess from there it would go double then triple platinum. I don’t believe it is only based on days at sea because that would mean someone who books the penthouse suite 7 times would not be gold tier, but someone who books the cheapest cabin 8 times would be.
After Portunus I went up to the conservatory for the Trattoria once again and had an amazing Lasagna al Forno. It was exquisite.
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