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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Light
35th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
4
ships scheduled
~9,016
scheduled passenger capacity
~8,846
peak overlapping capacity
7 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

Peak overlap is based on the 3 of 4 ships with published times and known capacity.

What's in port

  • Carnival Spirit

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 2

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~2,124 passengers

  • Norwegian Joy

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    7 AM – 4 PM

    ~3,804 passengers

  • Celebrity Edge

    Celebrity Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 4 PM

    ~2,918 passengers

  • American Constitution

    American Cruise Lines · Berth NTW

    arrives 5 PM, departure not published

    up to 170 passengers

When they overlap

Carnival Spirit7 AM – 1 PM
Norwegian Joy7 AM – 4 PM
Celebrity Edge7 AM – 4 PM
American Constitution5 PM – no published departure
Shaded window: 7 AM–1 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 8,846 passenger berths across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 35% 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. Thu, Sep 10Very Busy90th
  2. Fri, Sep 11Typical59th
  3. Sat, Sep 12Very Light3rd
  4. Sun, Sep 13Light35th
  5. Mon, Sep 14Typical58th
  6. Tue, Sep 15Typical45th
  7. Wed, Sep 16Very Light14th

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.