In 1989, there were plans to rebuild Svea with rails on the cardeck so that she could also carry railroad carriages on board, but these were shelved.

In early 1994, EffJohn decided to sell her sister Silja Festival to the Norway-based Color Line.

In April 2006, she started operating on the Oslo–Frederikshavn route in direct competition with her old Silja Line fleetmate MS Stena Saga.

The Color Festival was delivered to Corsica Sardinia Ferries in early January 2008, subsequently renamed Mega Smeralda and re-flagged in Italy with Genoa as her homeport.

In 2011, the ferry operated between Toulon, Ajaccio, Bastia, Nice, etc..[4] It was withdrawn from service and laid up in the port of Genoa 3 March 2024.