This involved building a large numbers of additional cabins onto the upper vehicle deck to make her suitable as an overnight ship.

In 1988, MS Kronprinsessan Victoria was sent for rebuilding to make her more suitable for use on the Oslo - Fredrikshavn route, this involved building more cabins which saw an accommodation block added on the top deck.

MS Stena Saga was refitted prior to transfer; this mainly involved removing the accommodation block that was added to the top deck in 1988.

All the main passenger lounges were refurbished and the cabins installed on the upper vehicle deck in 1982 were removed returning the latter to something like their original state.

In March 2019, Stena Europe arrived at Gemak's Tuzla yard in Turkey for life extension work[3] returning to her usual Fishguard - Rosslare route in early October.

The following day she left Rosslare and the Irish Sea for the very last time bound for dry dock in Falmouth before going to the western Mediterranean on charter.