Rigel II is a cruiseferry owned and operated by the Greek shipping company Ventouris Ferries.
Visby entered service between Gotland and the Swedish mainland ports of Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn.
She remained the largest ferry on the Irish Sea until the arrival of Isle of Innisfree in 1995.
Stena Felicity's cinema was on one of the lowest deck, and close to the centre of the vessel between port and starboard, fore and aft.
Either was an ideal place to cross the St George's Channel in stormy weather because, being so low down and close to the centre of the ship, the rough sea state had very little effect.