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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Monday, September 14, 2026

Typical
58th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
6
ships scheduled
~10,818
scheduled passenger capacity
~10,648
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–2 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

Peak overlap is based on the 5 of 6 ships with published times and known capacity.

What's in port

  • Discovery Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 3

    6 AM – 2 PM

    ~3,660 passengers

  • Queen Elizabeth

    Cunard Line · Berth 4

    8 AM – 4:30 PM

    ~2,092 passengers

  • Riviera

    Oceania Cruises · Berth WW

    9 AM – 5 PM

    ~1,250 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

  • American Constitution

    American Cruise Lines · Berth NTW

    departs 6 PM, arrival not published

    up to 170 passengers

When they overlap

Discovery Princess6 AM – 2 PM
Queen Elizabeth8 AM – 4:30 PM
Riviera9 AM – 5 PM
Island Princess10 AM – 5:45 PM
Zaandam11 AM – 6 PM
American Constitutionno published arrival – 6 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–2 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 10,648 passenger berths across 5 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 58% 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, Sep 11Typical59th
  2. Sat, Sep 12Very Light3rd
  3. Sun, Sep 13Light35th
  4. Mon, Sep 14Typical58th
  5. Tue, Sep 15Typical45th
  6. Wed, Sep 16Very Light14th
  7. Thu, Sep 17Very 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.