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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Friday, September 11, 2026

Typical
59th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
6
ships scheduled
~13,707
scheduled passenger capacity
~10,855
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–1:15 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Coral Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 2

    6 AM – 2 PM

    ~2,000 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

  • Serenade of the Seas

    Royal Caribbean International · Berth 4

    10 AM – 7 PM

    ~2,143 passengers

  • Westerdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 1

    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
Norwegian Encore7 AM – 1:15 PM
Seven Seas Explorer7 AM – 5 PM
Serenade of the Seas10 AM – 7 PM
Westerdam11 AM – 7 PM
Celebrity Solstice1:30 PM – 8 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–1:15 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 10,855 passenger berths across 6 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 59% 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, Sep 8Typical49th
  2. Wed, Sep 9Busy71st
  3. Thu, Sep 10Very Busy90th
  4. Fri, Sep 11Typical59th
  5. Sat, Sep 12Very Light3rd
  6. Sun, Sep 13Light35th
  7. Mon, Sep 14Typical58th

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.