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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Monday, August 30, 2027

Light
38th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
6
ships scheduled
~9,328
scheduled passenger capacity
~9,328
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–2 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Crown Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 3

    6 AM – 2 PM

    ~3,080 passengers

  • Viking Orion

    Viking · Berth 4

    8 AM – 2 PM

    ~930 passengers

  • Explora III

    Explora Journeys · Berth WE

    9 AM – 6 PM

    ~922 passengers

  • Seven Seas Explorer

    Regent Seven Seas Cruises · Berth WW

    10 AM – 4 PM

    ~750 passengers

  • Island Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 1

    10 AM – 5 PM

    ~2,214 passengers

  • Zaandam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    11 AM – 7 PM

    ~1,432 passengers

When they overlap

Crown Princess6 AM – 2 PM
Viking Orion8 AM – 2 PM
Explora III9 AM – 6 PM
Seven Seas Explorer10 AM – 4 PM
Island Princess10 AM – 5 PM
Zaandam11 AM – 7 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–2 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 9,328 passenger berths across 6 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 38% 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, Aug 27Busy81st
  2. Sat, Aug 28Very Light13th
  3. Sun, Aug 29Busy79th
  4. Mon, Aug 30Light38th
  5. Tue, Aug 31Light35th
  6. Wed, Sep 1Light33rd
  7. Thu, Sep 2Very Busy97th

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.