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Ketchikan, Alaska

Monday, June 8, 2026

Busy
78th percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
5
ships scheduled
~12,478
scheduled cruise load
~12,478
peak overlapping load
11 AM–2 PM
busiest scheduled window

Busier than most of this port's cruise days.

What's in port

  • Discovery Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 3

    6 AM – 2 PM

    ~3,660 passenger berths

  • Queen Elizabeth

    Cunard Line · Berth WW

    8 AM – 5:30 PM

    ~2,092 passenger berths

  • Ruby Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    9:30 AM – 6:15 PM

    ~3,080 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 PM
Queen Elizabeth8 AM – 5:30 PM
Ruby Princess9:30 AM – 6:15 PM
Island Princess10 AM – 6 PM
Zaandam11 AM – 7 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–2 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 12,478 across 5 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 78% 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, Jun 5Typical55th
  2. Sat, Jun 6Very Light20th
  3. Sun, Jun 7Typical49th
  4. Mon, Jun 8Busy78th
  5. Tue, Jun 9Typical45th
  6. Wed, Jun 10Very Light12th
  7. Thu, Jun 11Busy84th

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.