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Cruise Crowds

Victoria, British Columbia

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Typical
57th percentile
of Victoria cruise days, this season
3
ships scheduled
~7,698
scheduled cruise load
~7,698
peak overlapping load
2–9 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Discovery Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth North B

    noon – 10:30 PM

    ~3,660 expected passengers

  • Grand Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth South B

    noon – 11:59 PM

    ~2,606 expected passengers

  • Zaandam

    Holland America Line · Berth South A

    2 PM – 9 PM

    ~1,432 expected passengers

When they overlap

Discovery Princessnoon – 10:30 PM
Grand Princessnoon – 11:59 PM
Zaandam2 PM – 9 PM
Shaded window: 2–9 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 7,698 across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 57% of Victoria cruise days this season.

That comparison is 160 scheduled cruise days, Apr 10 – Oct 18, 2026.

Nearby days

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

  1. Sat, May 2Typical46th
  2. Sun, May 3No ships
  3. Mon, May 4Very Light9th
  4. Tue, May 5Typical57th
  5. Wed, May 6Light34th
  6. Thu, May 7Busy72nd
  7. Fri, May 8Very Busy88th

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

Schedule source: Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (port authority). Schedule coverage Apr 10 – Oct 18, 2026, last checked Aug 10, 2026. Ship capacities are curated separately from public references. How we calculate this.