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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Friday, August 14, 2026

Typical
55th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
6
ships scheduled
~13,480
scheduled passenger capacity
~10,628
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Coral Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    6 AM – 2 PM

    ~2,000 passengers

  • Noordam

    Holland America Line · Berth 1

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~1,916 passengers

  • Norwegian Encore

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    7 AM – 1:15 PM

    ~3,998 passengers

  • Seven Seas Explorer

    Regent Seven Seas Cruises · Berth WE

    7 AM – 5 PM

    ~750 passengers

  • Westerdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    11 AM – 7 PM

    ~1,964 passengers

  • Celebrity Solstice

    Celebrity Cruises · Berth 3

    1:30 PM – 8 PM

    ~2,852 passengers

When they overlap

Coral Princess6 AM – 2 PM
Noordam7 AM – 1 PM
Norwegian Encore7 AM – 1:15 PM
Seven Seas Explorer7 AM – 5 PM
Westerdam11 AM – 7 PM
Celebrity Solstice1:30 PM – 8 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–1 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 10,628 passenger berths across 6 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 55% 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. Tue, Aug 11Busy79th
  2. Wed, Aug 12Typical44th
  3. Thu, Aug 13Very Busy95th
  4. Fri, Aug 14Typical55th
  5. Sat, Aug 15Very Light20th
  6. Sun, Aug 16Typical64th
  7. Mon, Aug 17Typical65th

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.