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Ketchikan, Alaska

Tuesday, May 18, 2027

Typical
62nd percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
5
ships scheduled
~13,882
scheduled passenger capacity
~11,758
peak overlapping capacity
1–3 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Nieuw Amsterdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    6:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~2,106 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

  • Disney Magic

    Disney Cruise Line · Berth 3

    9:45 AM – 6:15 PM

    ~1,750 passengers

  • Voyager of the Seas

    Royal Caribbean International · Berth WW

    1 PM – 10 PM

    ~3,602 passengers

When they overlap

Nieuw Amsterdam6:30 AM – 3 PM
Star Princess6:30 AM – 3 PM
Carnival Spirit7 AM – 1 PM
Disney Magic9:45 AM – 6:15 PM
Voyager of the Seas1 PM – 10 PM
Shaded window: 1–3 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 11,758 passenger berths across 5 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 62% 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 15Very Light8th
  2. Sun, May 16Typical42nd
  3. Mon, May 17Typical63rd
  4. Tue, May 18Typical62nd
  5. Wed, May 19Very Light15th
  6. Thu, May 20Very Busy87th
  7. Fri, May 21Busy84th

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.