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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Very Light
10th percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
2
ships scheduled
~4,384
scheduled cruise load
~4,384
peak overlapping load
9 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

One of the quieter cruise days on this port's schedule.

What's in port

  • Carnival Spirit

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 2

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~2,124 passenger berths

  • Carnival Luminosa

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 3

    9 AM – 6 PM

    ~2,260 passenger berths

When they overlap

Carnival Spirit7 AM – 1 PM
Carnival Luminosa9 AM – 6 PM
Shaded window: 9 AM–1 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 4,384 across 2 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 10% of Ketchikan cruise days this season. Ketchikan is this quiet only about 1 day in 10.

That comparison is 156 scheduled cruise days, Apr 21 – Oct 9, 2026.

Nearby days

Useful if your plans can move. If you are arriving by cruise ship, we assume they can't.

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Schedule source: Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska (regional cruise agency). Schedule coverage Apr 21, 2026 – Oct 14, 2027, last checked Aug 10, 2026, source revised Jul 7, 2026. Ship capacities are curated separately from public references. How we calculate this.