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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Typical
45th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
4
ships scheduled
~10,138
scheduled passenger capacity
~10,138
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Star Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    6 AM – 3 PM

    ~4,300 passengers

  • Westerdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    6:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~1,964 passengers

  • Carnival Miracle

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 1

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~2,124 passengers

  • Disney Magic

    Disney Cruise Line · Berth 3

    11 AM – 7:15 PM

    ~1,750 passengers

When they overlap

Star Princess6 AM – 3 PM
Westerdam6:30 AM – 3 PM
Carnival Miracle7 AM – 1 PM
Disney Magic11 AM – 7:15 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–1 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 10,138 passenger berths across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 45% 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. Sat, Aug 15Very Light20th
  2. Sun, Aug 16Typical64th
  3. Mon, Aug 17Typical65th
  4. Tue, Aug 18Typical45th
  5. Wed, Aug 19Light22nd
  6. Thu, Aug 20Busy84th
  7. Fri, Aug 21Very Busy92nd

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.