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Ketchikan, Alaska

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Light
40th percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
6
ships scheduled
~10,938
scheduled cruise load
~9,188
peak overlapping load
8 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Star Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    6 AM – 3 PM

    ~4,300 passenger berths

  • National Geographic Sea Bird

    Lindblad Expeditions · Berth B3T

    6 AM – 8 PM

    ~62 passenger berths

  • Nieuw Amsterdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    6:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~2,106 passenger berths

  • Carnival Miracle

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 1

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~2,124 passenger berths

  • Silver Moon

    Silversea Cruises · Berth 3

    8 AM – 2:30 PM

    ~596 passenger berths

  • Disney Magic

    Disney Cruise Line · Berth 1

    2 PM – 7:15 PM

    ~1,750 passenger berths

When they overlap

Star Princess6 AM – 3 PM
National Geographic Sea Bird6 AM – 8 PM
Nieuw Amsterdam6:30 AM – 3 PM
Carnival Miracle7 AM – 1 PM
Silver Moon8 AM – 2:30 PM
Disney Magic2 PM – 7:15 PM
Shaded window: 8 AM–1 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 9,188 across 6 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 40% 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. Sat, Jun 27Very Light12th
  2. Sun, Jun 28Very Busy90th
  3. Mon, Jun 29Very Light19th
  4. Tue, Jun 30Light40th
  5. Wed, Jul 1Busy67th
  6. Thu, Jul 2Very Busy94th
  7. Fri, Jul 3Typical59th

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.