Four Seasons Yachts — the hotel group's long-trailed move into maritime travel — has officially entered service. Four Seasons I, the first vessel in the fleet, set sail on 20 March 2026 on the 65th anniversary of the Four Seasons brand, launched its inaugural Mediterranean season, and is now operating voyages across 130 ports.
The vessel
Four Seasons I is a 207-metre (679-foot) yacht carrying 95 suites. Crucially, there are no interior cabins: every suite has outdoor living space, and several of the largest are built around curved floor-to-ceiling glass. The Funnel Suite — at 9,975 square feet — features what Four Seasons describes as the largest contiguous piece of glass at sea.
The service ratio is the headline number. 1:1 staff to guest. That is significantly richer than the 1:1.5 to 1:2 ratios that define the top tier of existing luxury cruise lines, and it changes what is operationally possible on board.
The food programme
The yacht carries 11 restaurants, a bakery, and partnerships with Michelin-starred chefs whose ground-based restaurants Four Seasons can credibly point to. This matters because high-end cruise food has historically been the weakest part of the luxury-at-sea proposition — fine on technical execution, mediocre on ingredient quality at scale. The Four Seasons bet is that hotel-level food operations can be replicated at sea, which is unusual but not impossible at this ship size.
Where it's sailing
The 2026 Mediterranean programme covers 130 destinations. The 2026–2027 winter itinerary moves to the Caribbean and Bahamas, continuing Four Seasons I's first year of inaugural sailings. A sister ship, Four Seasons II, is scheduled to debut in 2027 and will operate similar routings.
Context: the cruise-ification of luxury hotels
Four Seasons Yachts sits in a broader pattern. Ritz-Carlton's yacht programme has been operating since 2022. Aman is building. Orient Express is returning to the water. On the other side of the same trade, cruise lines are building hotels — Silversea's Cormorant at 55 South will open in October, the southernmost hotel in the world and a direct brand-into-land move by a cruise operator.
The bet on both sides is the same: the customer who pays for top-end luxury on land is increasingly the customer who pays for top-end luxury at sea, and the brands with more existing trust can cross the line more cleanly than any purpose-built cruise brand can.
What this means for travellers
Fares are firmly in ultra-luxury territory — typically starting in the high five figures for a week — and early voyages for 2026 are largely sold out. Realistic entry points for 2027 are opening now. For travellers already choosing between Four Seasons Bora Bora, Four Seasons Maldives, or Four Seasons Ten Trinity Square, the yacht is now a genuine fourth option with the same service codebook.
