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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Light
21st percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
3
ships scheduled
~7,110
scheduled cruise load
~7,110
peak overlapping load
10 AM–4:30 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Norwegian Jade

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    7 AM – 4:30 PM

    ~2,402 passenger berths

  • MSC Poesia

    MSC Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 5 PM

    ~2,550 passenger berths

  • Celebrity Summit

    Celebrity Cruises · Berth 2

    10 AM – 5:30 PM

    ~2,158 passenger berths

When they overlap

Norwegian Jade7 AM – 4:30 PM
MSC Poesia7 AM – 5 PM
Celebrity Summit10 AM – 5:30 PM
Shaded window: 10 AM–4:30 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 7,110 across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 21% 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 17Typical54th
  2. Mon, May 18Light35th
  3. Tue, May 19Busy79th
  4. Wed, May 20Light21st
  5. Thu, May 21Very Busy93rd
  6. Fri, May 22Busy78th
  7. Sat, May 23Light22nd

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.