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Skagway, Alaska

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Light
21st percentile
of Skagway cruise days, this season
2
ships scheduled
~6,210
scheduled cruise load
~6,210
peak overlapping load
7 AM–8 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Royal Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth RRA

    6:30 AM – 8:15 PM

    ~3,560 passenger berths

  • Koningsdam

    Holland America Line · Berth ORE

    7 AM – 8 PM

    ~2,650 passenger berths

When they overlap

Royal Princess6:30 AM – 8:15 PM
Koningsdam7 AM – 8 PM
Shaded window: 7 AM–8 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 6,210 across 2 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 21% of Skagway cruise days this season.

That comparison is 151 scheduled cruise days, Apr 30 – Oct 7, 2026.

Nearby days

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

  1. Sat, May 2No ships
  2. Sun, May 3No ships
  3. Mon, May 4No ships
  4. Tue, May 5Light21st
  5. Wed, May 6Very Light9th
  6. Thu, May 7Very Light13th
  7. Fri, May 8Light39th

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

Schedule source: Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska (regional cruise agency). Schedule coverage Apr 30, 2026 – Oct 6, 2027, last checked Aug 10, 2026, source revised Jul 7, 2026. Ship capacities are curated separately from public references. How we calculate this.