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Cruise Crowds

Skagway, Alaska

Friday, September 18, 2026

Typical
49th percentile
for Skagway cruise days
5
ships scheduled
~9,430
scheduled passenger capacity
~9,260
peak overlapping capacity
8 AM–4 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

Peak overlap is based on the 4 of 5 ships with published times and known capacity.

What's in port

  • Norwegian Joy

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth ORE

    6:30 AM – 4 PM

    ~3,804 passengers

  • Norwegian Jade

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth RRA

    7 AM – 4:15 PM

    ~2,402 passengers

  • Carnival Spirit

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth BRD

    7 AM – 8 PM

    ~2,124 passengers

  • Viking Orion

    Viking · Berth RRF

    8 AM – 6 PM

    ~930 passengers

  • American Constellation

    American Cruise Lines

    departs 4 AM, arrival not published

    up to 170 passengers

When they overlap

Norwegian Joy6:30 AM – 4 PM
Norwegian Jade7 AM – 4:15 PM
Carnival Spirit7 AM – 8 PM
Viking Orion8 AM – 6 PM
American Constellationno published arrival – 4 AM
Shaded window: 8 AM–4 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 9,260 passenger berths across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 49% of Skagway's 151 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. Tue, Sep 15Busy70th
  2. Wed, Sep 16Very Busy87th
  3. Thu, Sep 17Typical65th
  4. Fri, Sep 18Typical49th
  5. Sat, Sep 19Very Light0th
  6. Sun, Sep 20Very Light3rd
  7. Mon, Sep 21Very Light18th

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

Schedule source: Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska. 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.