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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Typical
54th percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
5
ships scheduled
~10,552
scheduled cruise load
~10,382
peak overlapping load
9 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

Peak overlap is based on the 4 of 5 ships with published times and a known passenger figure.

What's in port

  • Carnival Spirit

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 2

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~2,124 passenger berths

  • Celebrity Edge

    Celebrity Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 4 PM

    ~2,918 passenger berths

  • Emerald Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    7:30 AM – 3:30 PM

    ~3,080 passenger berths

  • Carnival Luminosa

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth WE

    9 AM – 6 PM

    ~2,260 passenger berths

  • American Constellation

    American Cruise Lines · Berth NTW

    departs 3 AM, arrival not published

    up to 170 passenger capacity

When they overlap

Carnival Spirit7 AM – 1 PM
Celebrity Edge7 AM – 4 PM
Emerald Princess7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Carnival Luminosa9 AM – 6 PM
American Constellationno published arrival – 3 AM
Shaded window: 9 AM–1 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 10,382 across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 54% 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. Thu, May 14Busy83rd
  2. Fri, May 15Typical49th
  3. Sat, May 16Typical42nd
  4. Sun, May 17Typical54th
  5. Mon, May 18Light35th
  6. Tue, May 19Busy79th
  7. Wed, May 20Light21st

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.