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I was able to talk with the crew on the MerMaiden of Scarlet back in October. They said it all comes down to Richard Branson's philosophy: take care of the crew and they'll take care of your guests. And it shows. Besides the free internet, more casual dress, and everything that has been mentioned already, they also have shorter shifts with breaks in between instead of long shifts. They truly feel like they're being looked after. And it's the little things too, like not having to cover up tattoos or piercings.

I think the issue is that when a line launches a new class of ship, they're able to take time and learn from one to the other and progressively change it. Look at Oasis OTS vs Wonder OTS. Since the pandemic hit right as VV was supposed to be launching, they didn't have any feedback (Scarlet "launched" in 2020 and Valiant was 2022, so it should have been plenty of time to learn what worked and didn't in deck plans) to be able to make changes before they had to finalize layouts. I guess we'll see what happens when Resilient and Brilliant are launched. I do know that some of the shops have changed from Scarlet to Valiant, so there is still the possibility!