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Cruise Crowds

Santorini, Greece

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Light
40th percentile
for Santorini cruise days
3
ships scheduled
~4,414
scheduled passenger capacity
~4,414
peak overlapping capacity
9 AM–9:15 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • CELEBRITY XCEL

    Line unknown

    7:30 AM – 10:30 PM

    ~3,068 passengers

  • CELESTYAL JOURNEY

    Line unknown

    8:15 AM – 10 PM

    ~1,202 passengers

  • WIND STAR

    Line unknown

    9 AM – 9:15 PM

    ~144 passengers

When they overlap

CELEBRITY XCEL7:30 AM – 10:30 PM
CELESTYAL JOURNEY8:15 AM – 10 PM
WIND STAR9 AM – 9:15 PM
Shaded window: 9 AM–9:15 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 4,414 passenger berths across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 40% of Santorini's 134 scheduled cruise days in 2026.

Nearby days

Useful if your plans can move. If you are arriving by cruise ship, we assume they can't.

  1. Sun, Aug 9Light29th
  2. Mon, Aug 10Typical63rd
  3. Tue, Aug 11Busy79th
  4. Wed, Aug 12Light40th
  5. Thu, Aug 13Typical41st
  6. Fri, Aug 14No ships
  7. Sat, Aug 15Typical61st

Leave the date empty to see the port's whole crowd calendar.

Schedule source: Municipal Port Fund of Thira. Schedule coverage Jul 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2027, last checked Aug 10, 2026. Ship capacities are curated separately from public references. How we calculate this.