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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Monday, September 21, 2026

Light
30th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
4
ships scheduled
~7,840
scheduled passenger capacity
~7,840
peak overlapping capacity
10 AM–3 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Discovery Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    6:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~3,660 passengers

  • Viking Orion

    Viking · Berth WE

    8 AM – 3 PM

    ~930 passengers

  • Coral Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 3

    10 AM – 6 PM

    ~2,000 passengers

  • Riviera

    Oceania Cruises · Berth WW

    10 AM – 6 PM

    ~1,250 passengers

When they overlap

Discovery Princess6:30 AM – 3 PM
Viking Orion8 AM – 3 PM
Coral Princess10 AM – 6 PM
Riviera10 AM – 6 PM
Shaded window: 10 AM–3 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 7,840 passenger berths across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 30% 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 18Very Light17th
  2. Sat, Sep 19Light33rd
  3. Sun, Sep 20Very Light5th
  4. Mon, Sep 21Light30th
  5. Tue, Sep 22Very Light9th
  6. Wed, Sep 23Very Busy89th
  7. Thu, Sep 24Busy71st

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.