Editing MS Gabriella (section)

===1997 onwards: ''Gabriella''===
After ending her service with Silja Line, ''Silja Scandinavia'' again sailed to the Vuosaari shipyard in Helsinki, where she was delivered to [[Viking Line]], refurbished, repainted and renamed ''Gabriella''<ref name=FoF /><ref name=Stampehl /> (the name having been chosen by a public naming competition). On 17 April 1997, ''Gabriella'' entered service for her new owners on the [[Helsinki]]–[[Stockholm]] route. On 30 June 1999 the a call at [[Mariehamn]] was added to the service to maintain [[duty free|tax free]] sales on board. In 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 the ship spent brief periods sailing on Turku–Mariehamn–Stockholm route, in place of the ship normally used in the service.<ref name=FoF /><ref name=Stampehl /> On 23 January 2004 she collided with the harbour ferry [[MS Ehrensvärd|''Ehrensvärd'']] in the Helsinki harbour, resulting in minor damage to both ships.<ref name=FoF />

Between 5 May 2008 and 27 May 2008, ''Gabriella'' was rebuilt at [[Öresundsvarvet]] in [[Landskrona]], [[Sweden]],<ref name=FoF /> as a part of Viking Line's fleet rebuilding programme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vikingline.fi/yritysinfo/lehdistotiedotteet/tuotteet_071004_laadunkehitys.asp |title=Viking Linella merkittävä laadunkehitysohjelma |accessdate=2008-07-12 |date=2007-10-04 |work=Viking Line press release |publisher=Viking Line |language=Finnish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228062520/http://www.vikingline.fi/yritysinfo/lehdistotiedotteet/tuotteet_071004_laadunkehitys.asp |archivedate=2008-12-28 }}</ref> The refit included the removal of the original cafeteria from deck 7 in favour of expanding the tax-free shop, the addition of a games room on deck 7, the addition of a Tapas & Wine restaurant on deck 8, the conversion of the former BBQ-restaurant into an Ella's restaurant, the conversion of the two-storey discothèque on decks 9 and 10 into a new cafeteria, the addition of new cabins in place of the former conference rooms on deck 11, and redecoration of the majority of passenger cabins.<ref name=VLsivut>{{cite web |url=http://www.vikingline.fi/merella/gabriella/uusitut_tilat.asp |title=M/S ''Gabriella'' sai uuden ilmeen: uudet raikkaat tilat ja konseptit |accessdate=2008-07-12 |publisher=Viking Line |language=Finnish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223064853/http://www.vikingline.fi/merella/gabriella/uusitut_tilat.asp |archivedate=2008-12-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vikinglinesivut.info/index.php?sivu=Uutiset&subaction=showfull&id=1212412135&archive=&start_from=&ucat=& |title=Viking Line: Gabriellan uudistukset! |accessdate=2008-07-12 |date=2008-06-02 |format= |work=Viking Line // Laivasivusto |publisher= |language=Finnish }}</ref>