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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Light
22nd percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
4
ships scheduled
~7,208
scheduled cruise load
~7,208
peak overlapping load
10 AM–3 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Silver Moon

    Silversea Cruises · Berth 2

    8:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~596 passenger berths

  • Queen Elizabeth

    Cunard Line · Berth 4

    9 AM – 3:30 PM

    ~2,092 passenger berths

  • Brilliant Lady

    Virgin Voyages · Berth 3

    9 AM – 5 PM

    up to 2,770 passenger capacity

  • Disney Wonder

    Disney Cruise Line · Berth 1

    10 AM – 6 PM

    ~1,750 passenger berths

When they overlap

Silver Moon8:30 AM – 3 PM
Queen Elizabeth9 AM – 3:30 PM
Brilliant Lady9 AM – 5 PM
Disney Wonder10 AM – 6 PM
Shaded window: 10 AM–3 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 7,208 across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 22% 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. Wed, May 20Light21st
  2. Thu, May 21Very Busy93rd
  3. Fri, May 22Busy78th
  4. Sat, May 23Light22nd
  5. Sun, May 24Typical49th
  6. Mon, May 25Light32nd
  7. Tue, May 26Busy67th

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.