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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Monday, August 17, 2026

Typical
65th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
5
ships scheduled
~11,316
scheduled passenger capacity
~11,316
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–2 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Discovery Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 3

    6 AM – 2 PM

    ~3,660 passengers

  • Ruby Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    9:30 AM – 6 PM

    ~3,080 passengers

  • Viking Venus

    Viking · Berth WE

    10 AM – 5 PM

    ~930 passengers

  • Island Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 1

    10 AM – 5:45 PM

    ~2,214 passengers

  • Zaandam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    11 AM – 6 PM

    ~1,432 passengers

When they overlap

Discovery Princess6 AM – 2 PM
Ruby Princess9:30 AM – 6 PM
Viking Venus10 AM – 5 PM
Island Princess10 AM – 5:45 PM
Zaandam11 AM – 6 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–2 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 11,316 passenger berths across 5 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 65% 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. Fri, Aug 14Typical55th
  2. Sat, Aug 15Very Light20th
  3. Sun, Aug 16Typical64th
  4. Mon, Aug 17Typical65th
  5. Tue, Aug 18Typical45th
  6. Wed, Aug 19Light22nd
  7. Thu, Aug 20Busy84th

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.