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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Monday, August 31, 2026

Light
25th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
3
ships scheduled
~7,306
scheduled passenger capacity
~7,306
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–2 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Discovery Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 3

    6 AM – 2 PM

    ~3,660 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
Island Princess10 AM – 5:45 PM
Zaandam11 AM – 6 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–2 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 7,306 passenger berths across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 25% 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 28Busy66th
  2. Sat, Aug 29Very Light18th
  3. Sun, Aug 30Busy75th
  4. Mon, Aug 31Light25th
  5. Tue, Sep 1Typical63rd
  6. Wed, Sep 2Very Light15th
  7. Thu, Sep 3Very Busy96th

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.