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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Wednesday, August 18, 2027

Busy
74th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
4
ships scheduled
~12,936
scheduled passenger capacity
~12,936
peak overlapping capacity
9 AM–1:15 PM
busiest scheduled window

Busier than most of this port's cruise days.

What's in port

  • Norwegian Joy

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WE

    6 AM – 1:15 PM

    ~3,804 passengers

  • Norwegian Jade

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    7 AM – 4:30 PM

    ~2,402 passengers

  • MSC Poesia

    MSC Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 5 PM

    ~2,550 passengers

  • Anthem of the Seas

    Royal Caribbean International · Berth 2

    9 AM – 7 PM

    ~4,180 passengers

When they overlap

Norwegian Joy6 AM – 1:15 PM
Norwegian Jade7 AM – 4:30 PM
MSC Poesia7 AM – 5 PM
Anthem of the Seas9 AM – 7 PM
Shaded window: 9 AM–1:15 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 12,936 passenger berths across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 74% 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. Sun, Aug 15Busy84th
  2. Mon, Aug 16Light31st
  3. Tue, Aug 17Light35th
  4. Wed, Aug 18Busy74th
  5. Thu, Aug 19Very Busy92nd
  6. Fri, Aug 20Very Busy90th
  7. Sat, Aug 21Very Light4th

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.