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Cruise Crowds

Sitka, Alaska

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Typical
53rd percentile
for Sitka cruise days
2
ships scheduled
~4,256
scheduled passenger capacity
~4,256
peak overlapping capacity
10 AM–3:30 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Norwegian Joy

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth STO

    8 AM – 3:30 PM

    ~3,804 passengers

  • Luminara

    The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection · Berth 2CR

    10 AM – 5 PM

    up to 452 passengers

When they overlap

Norwegian Joy8 AM – 3:30 PM
Luminara10 AM – 5 PM
Shaded window: 10 AM–3:30 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 4,256 passenger berths across 2 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 53% of Sitka's 145 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. Mon, Sep 14Typical46th
  2. Tue, Sep 15Very Busy90th
  3. Wed, Sep 16Busy73rd
  4. Thu, Sep 17Typical53rd
  5. Fri, Sep 18No ships
  6. Sat, Sep 19Very Light19th
  7. Sun, Sep 20Light39th

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

Schedule source: Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska. Schedule coverage Apr 26, 2026 – Oct 11, 2027, last checked Aug 10, 2026, source revised Jul 7, 2026. Ship capacities are curated separately from public references. How we calculate this.