Record-high 1.5 million cruise passengers expected to visit Ketchikan this summer

Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas docked at Ketchikan's Berth IV on July 9, 2021. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Ketchikan is expecting nearly 1.5 million ...

March 18, 2023
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Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas docked at Ketchikan's Berth IV on July 9, 2021. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Ketchikan is expecting nearly 1.5 million cruise passengers to visit this summer. If the projections hold, it would be the community's biggest cruise season to date. According to the latest draft schedule , Ketchikan's cruise season kicks off April 20 with the arrival of the Norwegian Bliss in Ward Cove. That's one of the largest cruise ships that sail in Alaska waters – carrying up to 4,000 passengers.

Eric Stone