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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Busy
71st percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
5
ships scheduled
~11,796
scheduled passenger capacity
~11,796
peak overlapping capacity
10 AM–3 PM
busiest scheduled window

Busier than most of this port's cruise days.

What's in port

  • MSC Poesia

    MSC Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 3 PM

    ~2,550 passengers

  • Noordam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    8 AM – 5 PM

    ~1,916 passengers

  • Norwegian Jade

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    8 AM – 5 PM

    ~2,402 passengers

  • Celebrity Summit

    Celebrity Cruises · Berth 1

    10 AM – 5:30 PM

    ~2,158 passengers

  • Brilliant Lady

    Virgin Voyages · Berth 4

    10 AM – 7 PM

    up to 2,770 passengers

When they overlap

MSC Poesia7 AM – 3 PM
Noordam8 AM – 5 PM
Norwegian Jade8 AM – 5 PM
Celebrity Summit10 AM – 5:30 PM
Brilliant Lady10 AM – 7 PM
Shaded window: 10 AM–3 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 11,796 passenger berths across 5 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 71% 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. Sun, Sep 6Busy72nd
  2. Mon, Sep 7Busy74th
  3. Tue, Sep 8Typical49th
  4. Wed, Sep 9Busy71st
  5. Thu, Sep 10Very Busy90th
  6. Fri, Sep 11Typical59th
  7. Sat, Sep 12Very Light3rd

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.