Cruise Crowds
Ketchikan, Alaska
Friday, May 29, 2026
- 7
- ships scheduled
- ~19,033
- scheduled cruise load
- ~16,181
- peak overlapping load
- 11 AM–1 PM
- busiest scheduled window
Near the top of what this port's schedule holds. Expect company.
What's in port
Island Princess
Princess Cruises · Berth 2
6 AM – 2 PM
~2,214 passenger berths
Noordam
Holland America Line · Berth 3
7 AM – 1 PM
~1,916 passenger berths
Norwegian Encore
Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW
7 AM – 1:15 PM
~3,998 passenger berths
Norwegian Joy
Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WE
8 AM – 8 PM
~3,804 passenger berths
Serenade of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International · Berth 4
10 AM – 7 PM
~2,143 passenger berths
Nieuw Amsterdam
Holland America Line · Berth 1
11 AM – 7 PM
~2,106 passenger berths
Celebrity Solstice
Celebrity Cruises · Berth 3
1:30 PM – 8 PM
~2,852 passenger berths
When they overlap
How unusual is this?
Busier than 92% of Ketchikan cruise days this season. Ketchikan gets busier than this only about 1 day in 10.
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.
- Tue, May 265 shipsBusy67th
- Wed, May 274 shipsLight34th
- Thu, May 285 shipsBusy84th
- Fri, May 297 ships · your dayVery Busy92nd
- Sat, May 305 shipsLight27th
- Sun, May 316 shipsVery Busy87th
- Mon, Jun 13 shipsVery Light16th
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.