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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Light
36th percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
4
ships scheduled
~8,992
scheduled cruise load
~8,992
peak overlapping load
7 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Star Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    6 AM – 3 PM

    ~4,300 passenger berths

  • Westerdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 3

    6:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~1,964 passenger berths

  • Carnival Miracle

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 1

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~2,124 passenger berths

  • Seabourn Encore

    Seabourn · Berth 2

    7 AM – 2 PM

    ~604 passenger berths

When they overlap

Star Princess6 AM – 3 PM
Westerdam6:30 AM – 3 PM
Carnival Miracle7 AM – 1 PM
Seabourn Encore7 AM – 2 PM
Shaded window: 7 AM–1 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 8,992 across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 36% 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. Sat, May 9Very Light0th
  2. Sun, May 10Very Light8th
  3. Mon, May 11Very Light15th
  4. Tue, May 12Light36th
  5. Wed, May 13Light31st
  6. Thu, May 14Busy83rd
  7. Fri, May 15Typical49th

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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.