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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Monday, May 25, 2026

Light
32nd percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
4
ships scheduled
~8,236
scheduled cruise load
~8,236
peak overlapping load
11 AM–2 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Discovery Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 3

    6 AM – 2:15 PM

    ~3,660 passenger berths

  • Viking Venus

    Viking · Berth 4

    8 AM – 2 PM

    ~930 passenger berths

  • Island Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 1

    10 AM – 6 PM

    ~2,214 passenger berths

  • Zaandam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    11 AM – 7 PM

    ~1,432 passenger berths

When they overlap

Discovery Princess6 AM – 2:15 PM
Viking Venus8 AM – 2 PM
Island Princess10 AM – 6 PM
Zaandam11 AM – 7 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–2 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 8,236 across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 32% 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. Fri, May 22Busy78th
  2. Sat, May 23Light22nd
  3. Sun, May 24Typical49th
  4. Mon, May 25Light32nd
  5. Tue, May 26Busy67th
  6. Wed, May 27Light34th
  7. Thu, May 28Busy84th

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.