Cruise Crowds
Ketchikan, Alaska
Wednesday, September 15, 2027
Very Light
18th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
- 3
- ships scheduled
- ~6,652
- scheduled passenger capacity
- ~6,652
- peak overlapping capacity
- 11 AM–5 PM
- busiest scheduled window
One of the quieter cruise days this port sees all season.
What's in port
MSC Poesia
MSC Cruises · Berth 4
7 AM – 5 PM
~2,550 passengers
Riviera
Oceania Cruises · Berth WE
10 AM – 7 PM
~1,250 passengers
Celebrity Solstice
Celebrity Cruises · Berth 3
11 AM – 8 PM
~2,852 passengers
When they overlap
MSC Poesia7 AM – 5 PM
Riviera10 AM – 7 PM
Celebrity Solstice11 AM – 8 PM
How unusual is this?
Busier than 18% 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.
- Sun, Sep 123 shipsLight30th
- Mon, Sep 136 shipsTypical55th
- Tue, Sep 145 shipsBusy67th
- Wed, Sep 153 ships · your dayVery Light18th
- Thu, Sep 164 shipsBusy69th
- Fri, Sep 175 shipsTypical64th
- Sat, Sep 181 shipVery Light0th
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.