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Ketchikan, Alaska

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Busy
67th percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
5
ships scheduled
~11,366
scheduled cruise load
~11,366
peak overlapping load
10 AM–3 PM
busiest scheduled window

Busier than most of this port's cruise days.

What's in port

  • MSC Poesia

    MSC Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 3 PM

    ~2,550 passenger berths

  • Norwegian Jade

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    7 AM – 4:30 PM

    ~2,402 passenger berths

  • Norwegian Joy

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WE

    7 AM – 5 PM

    ~3,804 passenger berths

  • Luminara

    The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection · Berth 4

    8 AM – 3 PM

    up to 452 passenger capacity

  • Celebrity Summit

    Celebrity Cruises · Berth 2

    10 AM – 5:30 PM

    ~2,158 passenger berths

When they overlap

MSC Poesia7 AM – 3 PM
Norwegian Jade7 AM – 4:30 PM
Norwegian Joy7 AM – 5 PM
Luminara8 AM – 3 PM
Celebrity Summit10 AM – 5:30 PM
Shaded window: 10 AM–3 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 11,366 across 5 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 67% 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. Sun, Jun 28Very Busy90th
  2. Mon, Jun 29Very Light19th
  3. Tue, Jun 30Light40th
  4. Wed, Jul 1Busy67th
  5. Thu, Jul 2Very Busy94th
  6. Fri, Jul 3Typical59th
  7. Sat, Jul 4Light24th

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.