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Ketchikan, Alaska

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Light
31st percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
3
ships scheduled
~7,910
scheduled cruise load
~7,910
peak overlapping load
10 AM–4 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Brilliant Lady

    Virgin Voyages · Berth 4

    7 AM – 4 PM

    up to 2,770 passenger capacity

  • MSC Poesia

    MSC Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 5 PM

    ~2,550 passenger berths

  • Grand Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 2

    10 AM – 6 PM

    ~2,590 passenger berths

When they overlap

Brilliant Lady7 AM – 4 PM
MSC Poesia7 AM – 5 PM
Grand Princess10 AM – 6 PM
Shaded window: 10 AM–4 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 7,910 across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 31% 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 10Very Light8th
  2. Mon, May 11Very Light15th
  3. Tue, May 12Light36th
  4. Wed, May 13Light31st
  5. Thu, May 14Busy83rd
  6. Fri, May 15Typical49th
  7. Sat, May 16Typical42nd

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.