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Ketchikan, Alaska

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Light
24th percentile
of Ketchikan cruise days, this season
4
ships scheduled
~7,262
scheduled cruise load
~7,262
peak overlapping load
10 AM–5 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • MSC Poesia

    MSC Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 5 PM

    ~2,550 passenger berths

  • Azamara Pursuit

    Azamara · Berth 4

    7 AM – 9 PM

    ~702 passenger berths

  • Ruby Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 1

    8 AM – 6 PM

    ~3,080 passenger berths

  • Viking Venus

    Viking · Berth 2

    10 AM – 5 PM

    ~930 passenger berths

When they overlap

MSC Poesia7 AM – 5 PM
Azamara Pursuit7 AM – 9 PM
Ruby Princess8 AM – 6 PM
Viking Venus10 AM – 5 PM
Shaded window: 10 AM–5 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 7,262 across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 24% 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, Jul 5Typical49th
  2. Mon, Jul 6Light40th
  3. Tue, Jul 7Typical63rd
  4. Wed, Jul 8Light24th
  5. Thu, Jul 9Busy84th
  6. Fri, Jul 10Busy76th
  7. Sat, Jul 11Typical41st

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.