They are the two most obvious rivals in hotel-brand yachting, and travellers often ask us to compare them directly. Both are all-suite, small-ship and service-obsessed — yet they feel meaningfully different.
Scale and space
Four Seasons I carries 222 guests in 95 suites with no interior cabins and headline accommodations approaching 10,000 square feet. The Ritz-Carlton fleet — Evrima, Ilma and Luminara — ranges a little larger in guest count depending on the ship, and offers three vessels and more itinerary choice today, having launched first in 2022.
Temperament
Four Seasons leans into warm, intuitive, understated service — the brand's global signature — with interiors that feel residential. Ritz-Carlton is more overtly glamorous and design-led, with a contemporary, social energy. Neither is "better"; they simply flatter different travellers.
Choice today vs. novelty
If you want the widest choice of ships and regions right now — including Alaska in 2026 — the Ritz-Carlton Collection is the established fleet. If you are drawn to the newest, most talked-about debut and the very largest suites at sea, Four Seasons is the headline act.
Choose Ritz-Carlton for breadth and design energy; choose Four Seasons for the newest debut and residential warmth.
Whichever you prefer, both can be booked through luxury travel-advisor channels — Four Seasons via its Preferred Partner programme, Ritz-Carlton within the Marriott luxury family — at the same fares, with added recognition. We are glad to model specific voyages side by side.