History
| 22/12/1978 | Sign contract to build a Viking Sally | |
| 8/1979 | Keel laid | |
| 4/1/1980 | Launch | |
| 21/6/1980 | Delivered to Rederi Ab Sally | |
| 27/6/1980 | Helsinki - Stockholm route operated Viking Line | |
| 6/1982 | Sold to Suomen Yritysrahoitus OY, charter back to Rederi AB Sally | |
| 1985 | Ground near Sandhamn, Stockholm archipelago, repaired on drydock | |
| 29/4/1986 | Last day on Viking Line service Helsinki - Stockholm route | |
| 5/1986 | Refurbished to cruiseship on Wärtsilä Helsinki shipyard. | |
| Fire on engine room extinguished by the shipyard staff. | ||
| 5/1986 | Named to Sally Albatross | |
| 16/5/1986 | Start to cruises from Helsinki to Baltic Sea , mostly 25 hour cruises to sea , also | |
| Leningrad and Visby cruises. Operated by Sally Cruises. | ||
| 2/1987 | Rederi AB Sally sold to Effjohn (Silja Line) | |
| 6/1-16/2/1988 | Rebuild on Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Bremerhaven. New SkyBar, new suites, | |
| originaly small cabins replaced to larger cabins. | ||
| 2/1988 | Continue cruises to Baltic sea | |
| 2/1989 | New owner Partrederiet Sally Albatross. | |
| 1/1990 | Drydock on Nacka shipyard on Sweden. Refurbished on restaurants, nightclub and | |
| conference facilities. | ||
| 9/1/1990 | Fire started on repairs and sprinkler system was turned off for the docking. | |
| 12/1/1990 | Ship burned uncontrollably for three days. It maek heavily damages, only ships | |
| engineroom and some under cardeck parts of ship saved. | ||
| 25-27/6/1990 | Ship towed to Mäntyluoto, Finland where removed all sructures over cardeck. | |
| 27/6/1990 | Contract to rebuild ship on Rauma Yards Oy, Finland | |
| 9/1990 | Hull towed to Naantali, where it cut into several sections. Then moved to Rauma where | |
| start to rebuild a ship. Ships hull lengthened for 13 meters. | ||
| 25/7/1991 | Launch and nemed again Sally Albatross | |
| 5/2/1992 | Delivered to Sally AB | |
| 25/3/1992 | Maiden voyage from Helsinki to Tallinn | |
| 26/3/1992 | Cuises to Tallinn. Summer season cruises to St. Petersburg, Visby and fridays to Tallinn. | |
| 16/7-17/8 1992 | Chartered to Svea 92 (a Swedish consortium for advancing exports) as a hotel and conference | |
| ship for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. | ||
| 17/8/1992 | Back to normal cruise schedule Cruises to Visby and St. Petersburg , Winter time 24 hour cruises to Tallinn. | |
| 4/3/1994 | Ran aground on thick ice sea outside of Porkkala. She was towed to shallow waters and her passengers | |
| evacuated to Ice Breakers and ferry Saint Patrick II. | ||
| 16/4-20/4/1994 | Afloaded again and towed to Vuosaari Shipyard, helsinki. | |
| Summer 1994 | Bottom repaired and removed those parts interior witch was under water. | |
| 10/1994 | Towed to I.N.M.A Shipyard, La Spezia, Italy, where rebuilding takes few months. | |
| 10/1994 | Charter to Norwegian Cruise Line, named to Leeward, Panama Flag | |
| 7/1995 | Delivered to NCL. Cruises to Caribbean. | |
| 1997 | Collides with Great Mayan Reef near Cancun | |
| 12/1999 | End of Charter to NCL , new contract charter ship to Star Cruises. Drydocking and refurbished. | |
| 3/2000 | Named Superstar Taurus , delivered to Star Cruises , Cruises around Asia. Mostly Fukuoka - Busan cruises | |
| 12/3/2000 | Maiden voyage from pusan, South korea to Kobe and Fukuoka, Japan | |
| 12/2001 | Star Cruises broke the charter contract and next month ship moved back to Europe. | |
| 16/2-6/2002 | Arrived to Naantali shiprepair yard and refurbished | |
| 21/5/2002 | Named to Silja Opera and Sweden flag. | |
| 6/2002 | Small fire on battery room, extinguished by the ships crew. | |
| 29/6/2002 | Back in Silja Line service, cruises from Helsinki to Tallinn, Visby and Riga and St. Petersburg. | |
| 17/9/2003 | Silja Opera collided with three cargo vessels at St.Petersburg harbour on 17.9.2003. The ship was on her way from | |
| St.Petersburg to Helsinki. | ||
| 12/11/2003 | Silja Opera collided with ice breakers at St.Petersburg harbour on 12.11.2003. The ship was on her way from | |
| St.Petersburg to Helsinki. | ||
| 1/10/2004 | Stockholm - Mariehamn - Tallinn cruises | |
| 4/2/2005 | Helsinki - Tallinn cruises | |
| Summer 2005 > | Cruises from Helsinki to Visby, St. Petersburg and Tallinn | |
| 10/1/2006 | Turku - Mariehamn - Kapellskär route, replaced Silja Europa | |
| 13/2/2006 | Last arrival to Turku | |
| 15-16/2/2006 | Ship moved to Stockholm , where laid up for sale. | |
| 21-25/5/2006 | Ship moved to Tilbury, UK. Laid up for sale | |
| 14/7/2006 | New owner Sea Containers Opera Ltd. Named to Opera, Bahamas flag. | |
| 10/5/2007 | Sold to Opera Acquisition, LLC (Louis Cruise Lines) | |
| 6/2007 | Refurbished on Eleusis Shipyards, Greece | |
| 7/2007 | Named to Cristal and Greece flag | |
| 23/7/2007 | Cruises on Mediterranean | |
| 1/8/2008 | Collision on Piraeus harbour between Cristal and Anek Lines ferry Lissos | |
| 1/3/2011 | New name Louis Cristal | |