Celestyal Crystal was a cruise ship, operated between 2007 and 2023 by the Cyprus-based Louis Group's Louis Cruise Lines and Celestyal Cruises. The ship was originally built as the cruiseferry Viking
Celestyal Crystal as Silja Opera in 2005
MS Viking Saga in original appearance and livery
Viking Saga in Helsinki, 1984
Silja Line is a Finnish shipping company and cruiseferry brand owned and operated by the Estonian shipping company AS Tallink Grupp, for car, cargo and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden.
Celestyal Crystal
…Spezia, Italy, re-entering service as Leeward for Norwegian Cruise Line. Subsequently, she sailed as SuperStar Taurus for Star Cruises, Silja Opera for Silja Line. After being temporarily renamed Opera she was in service with Louis Group as Louis Cristal and later Celestyal Crystal. The ship was originally built…
Model of MS Botnia in Siljavarustamo livery
MS Bore Star, built 1975, left the Silja fleet in 1986 and re-joined it in 1993 as MS Wasa Queen.
Model of the world's fastest cruiseferry, GTS Finnjet, in 1980s Silja Line livery (ships owned by Johnson Line had different funnel colours)
MS Silja Symphony in Eteläsatama, Helsinki, Finland