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I've booked a suite with Star Class Amenities (Genie). This room has a maximum capacity of 6 people, but I've only booked 4. I'm kicking around the idea of having my sister join us, but there really isn't room in the suite for her to sleep. Normally this wouldn't be a problem since she could book a separate room and just hang with us in the suite. But with the Star Class Amenities we would like to all have the same level of service and not exclude her. On one hand, I'm thinking we could book her in both rooms paying for a 5th in the suite AND paying for an extra room. This seems like it might be okay since we are still less than the maximum 6 people. But on the other hand, I can absolutely see this being forbidden since I don't know if she could be listed on 2 rooms, and the website is very clear on not adding guests to Genie services. The way I'm looking at it is, I *could* book my sister in our room and have her share the master with our mom, but I'd really rather pay extra to let my sister have her own place to sleep. Does anyone know the rule?

We are booked on the same cruise out of Boston. I've been comparing the case levels to the previous Omicron surge. The USA recently passed 100,000 positive cases in one day (NYT). On the previous Omicron surge, the USA passed 100,000 positive cases around December 2. Three months later on March 3, the peak (Jan 14) had passed and cases were dropping (around 50,000 per day). With a 31 August sail date, we are more than 3 months away. Who knows what will happen, but if the surge in cases is similar to previous surges, then 3 months should be past the peak and heading towards a 'valley' in cases. I'd be more worried if the cruise was next week or next month. 3 months, I'm hoping cases to have gone down by then. But Variants will vary; that's sort of their thing. There is no way to really predict, but our last cruise we lucked into going mid-March and that was a low transmission time. The months leading to it were quite scary however. I will also be making final payment in the next few days if my TA ever calls me back.