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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Tuesday, May 11, 2027

Light
30th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
3
ships scheduled
~8,388
scheduled passenger capacity
~8,388
peak overlapping capacity
7 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Westerdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    6:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~1,964 passengers

  • Star Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    6:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~4,300 passengers

  • Carnival Spirit

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 1

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~2,124 passengers

When they overlap

Westerdam6:30 AM – 3 PM
Star Princess6:30 AM – 3 PM
Carnival Spirit7 AM – 1 PM
Shaded window: 7 AM–1 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 8,388 passenger berths across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 30% of Ketchikan's 159 scheduled cruise days in 2027.

Nearby days

Useful if your plans can move. If you are arriving by cruise ship, we assume they can't.

  1. Sat, May 8Very Light4th
  2. Sun, May 9Typical60th
  3. Mon, May 10Very Light8th
  4. Tue, May 11Light30th
  5. Wed, May 12Typical44th
  6. Thu, May 13Very Busy92nd
  7. Fri, May 14Busy76th

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.