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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Light
28th percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
3
ships scheduled
~7,574
scheduled cruise load
~7,574
peak overlapping load
9 AM–4 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Ruby Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 3

    8 AM – 4 PM

    ~3,080 passenger berths

  • Norwegian Jade

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    8 AM – 5 PM

    ~2,402 passenger berths

  • Queen Elizabeth

    Cunard Line · Berth 2

    9 AM – 4 PM

    ~2,092 passenger berths

When they overlap

Ruby Princess8 AM – 4 PM
Norwegian Jade8 AM – 5 PM
Queen Elizabeth9 AM – 4 PM
Shaded window: 9 AM–4 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 7,574 across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 28% of Ketchikan cruise days this season.

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.

  1. Sun, May 3Very Light10th
  2. Mon, May 4Very Light8th
  3. Tue, May 5Very Light9th
  4. Wed, May 6Light28th
  5. Thu, May 7Busy83rd
  6. Fri, May 8Very Light19th
  7. Sat, May 9Very Light0th

Leave the date empty to see the port's whole crowd calendar.

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.