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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Sunday, August 9, 2026

Typical
62nd percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
6
ships scheduled
~11,048
scheduled passenger capacity
~11,048
peak overlapping capacity
9 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • National Geographic Sea Bird

    Lindblad Expeditions · Berth B3T

    6 AM – 8 PM

    ~62 passengers

  • Carnival Spirit

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 1

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~2,124 passengers

  • Seabourn Encore

    Seabourn · Berth 2

    7 AM – 3 PM

    ~604 passengers

  • Celebrity Edge

    Celebrity Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 4 PM

    ~2,918 passengers

  • Emerald Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    7:30 AM – 3:30 PM

    ~3,080 passengers

  • Carnival Luminosa

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth WE

    9 AM – 6 PM

    ~2,260 passengers

When they overlap

National Geographic Sea Bird6 AM – 8 PM
Carnival Spirit7 AM – 1 PM
Seabourn Encore7 AM – 3 PM
Celebrity Edge7 AM – 4 PM
Emerald Princess7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Carnival Luminosa9 AM – 6 PM
Shaded window: 9 AM–1 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 11,048 passenger berths across 6 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 62% of Ketchikan's 156 scheduled cruise days in 2026.

Nearby days

Useful if your plans can move. If you are arriving by cruise ship, we assume they can't.

  1. Thu, Aug 6Very Busy88th
  2. Fri, Aug 7Busy76th
  3. Sat, Aug 8Light33rd
  4. Sun, Aug 9Typical62nd
  5. Mon, Aug 10Busy69th
  6. Tue, Aug 11Busy79th
  7. Wed, Aug 12Typical44th

Leave the date empty to see the port's whole crowd calendar.

Schedule source: Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska. 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.