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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Monday, May 17, 2027

Typical
63rd percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
5
ships scheduled
~11,864
scheduled passenger capacity
~11,864
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–2 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Discovery Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    6 AM – 2 PM

    ~3,660 passengers

  • Explora III

    Explora Journeys · Berth WW

    9 AM – 8 PM

    ~922 passengers

  • Ruby Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 1

    10 AM – 5 PM

    ~3,080 passengers

  • Brilliant Lady

    Virgin Voyages · Berth 3

    11 AM – 7 PM

    up to 2,770 passengers

  • Zaandam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    11 AM – 7 PM

    ~1,432 passengers

When they overlap

Discovery Princess6 AM – 2 PM
Explora III9 AM – 8 PM
Ruby Princess10 AM – 5 PM
Brilliant Lady11 AM – 7 PM
Zaandam11 AM – 7 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–2 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 11,864 passenger berths across 5 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 63% 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. Fri, May 14Busy76th
  2. Sat, May 15Very Light8th
  3. Sun, May 16Typical42nd
  4. Mon, May 17Typical63rd
  5. Tue, May 18Typical62nd
  6. Wed, May 19Very Light15th
  7. Thu, May 20Very Busy87th

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.