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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Busy
79th percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
6
ships scheduled
~14,680
scheduled cruise load
~12,930
peak overlapping load
11 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

Busier than most of this port's cruise days.

What's in port

  • Star Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    6 AM – 3 PM

    ~4,300 passenger berths

  • Nieuw Amsterdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    6:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~2,106 passenger berths

  • Carnival Miracle

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 1

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~2,124 passenger berths

  • Silver Moon

    Silversea Cruises · Berth 3

    8 AM – 2:30 PM

    ~596 passenger berths

  • Norwegian Joy

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    11 AM – 8 PM

    ~3,804 passenger berths

  • Disney Magic

    Disney Cruise Line · Berth 1

    2 PM – 8 PM

    ~1,750 passenger berths

When they overlap

Star Princess6 AM – 3 PM
Nieuw Amsterdam6:30 AM – 3 PM
Carnival Miracle7 AM – 1 PM
Silver Moon8 AM – 2:30 PM
Norwegian Joy11 AM – 8 PM
Disney Magic2 PM – 8 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–1 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 12,930 across 6 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 79% 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 16Typical42nd
  2. Sun, May 17Typical54th
  3. Mon, May 18Light35th
  4. Tue, May 19Busy79th
  5. Wed, May 20Light21st
  6. Thu, May 21Very Busy93rd
  7. Fri, May 22Busy78th

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.