How many cruise passengers will visit Juneau in 2027?
Last updated · schedules published by 28 September 2026
Cruise lines have scheduled 783 ship calls and 1.64 million lower berths into Juneau for 2027. The busiest month, August, holds 355,478 berths, 74% of what the city's daily cap allows across that month. Passengers usually run 5 to 10% above lower berths, because many cabins carry a third guest.
Juneau will receive about 1.64 million lower berths of cruise capacity in 2027, close to the 1,712,600 cruise passengers the city counted in 2025. That figure is capacity, not a headcount: a lower berth is one of the two standard beds in a cabin, and the City and Borough of Juneau writes its cap in the same unit. Every number below is monthly and comes from Port Day's count of published cruise line schedules.
How many cruise ships will call at Juneau in 2027?
Published cruise line schedules put 783 ship calls into Juneau in 2027, carrying 1,639,738 lower berths. 21 cruise lines and 53 ships make up that total. August is the busiest month with 355,478 berths, while April and October together hold only 29,762, because the Alaska season is short at both ends.
Princess Cruises brings the most capacity to Juneau, 467,484 lower berths across the year, followed by Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean and Holland America Line. Those four lines carry 72% of the year's berths. 0 calls come from ships with no capacity figure on record. They count as calls and add nothing to the berths, so the berth totals on this page are floors rather than estimates.
| Month | Ship calls | Lower berths | Cap allows | Share of cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 8 | 13,666 | 464,000 | 3% |
| May | 137 | 296,572 | 476,000 | 62% |
| June | 167 | 348,282 | 464,000 | 75% |
| July | 171 | 338,606 | 476,000 | 71% |
| August | 172 | 355,478 | 480,000 | 74% |
| September | 123 | 271,038 | 464,000 | 58% |
| October | 5 | 16,096 | 476,000 | 3% |
| Season | 783 | 1,639,738 | 3,300,000 | 50% |
Juneau, 2027: scheduled ship calls and lower berths by month. Cap allows = 16,000 a day Sunday to Friday plus 12,000 each Saturday, summed over the month.
How close will Juneau come to its daily cruise cap?
Juneau's agreement with the largest cruise lines limits port calls to 16,000 available lower berths a day from Sunday to Friday and 12,000 on Saturdays, from the 2026 season. Summed over August 2027, that cap allows 480,000 berths. The published schedule holds 355,478, or 74% of the monthly allowance.
- Scheduled lower berths
- Cap, summed over the month
The cap binds on single days, and a monthly share can sit well below 100% while individual days touch the limit. The memorandum of agreement signed in May 2024 by the City and Borough of Juneau with Carnival Corporation, Disney Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Royal Caribbean Group also says ship schedules are discussed two years in advance. The cap therefore shaped the 2027 calendar before the lines published it. Port Day reports months, not days: 17% of the official Alaska calls land on a different date in our data than in the CLAA schedule, which is too many to count single days honestly.
Why do lower berths undercount cruise passengers?
A lower berth is one of the two standard beds in a cruise cabin, so a count of lower berths measures capacity at double occupancy. Ships carry third and fourth guests in many cabins. Royal Caribbean Group reported a 109.7% load factor for 2025 and Carnival Corporation reported 105% occupancy, so passengers run above lower berths.
For a headcount, the city's own figure is the comparison. The Juneau Tourism Survey that McKinley Research Group prepared for the City and Borough of Juneau puts 2025 cruise passengers at 1,712,600, slightly below 2024's 1,732,000. Port Day's 1,639,738 lower berths for 2027 sit in the same range before any third or fourth guests. We do not multiply berths into passengers, because occupancy moves with the season: Carnival Corporation reported 111.8% for its third quarter of 2026 against 106.5% for the first nine months. One annual factor would understate July and overstate May. Sources: Royal Caribbean Group 2025 results, Carnival Corporation 2025 results.
How do Port Day's Juneau figures compare with CLAA?
Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska, which publishes the official Alaska port schedules, lists 699 Juneau calls for 2027. Port Day counts 783, which is 12.0% more. Measured in lower berths the two sit 2.2% apart, because most of the extra calls are small expedition ships that CLAA does not schedule.
- Port Day schedules
- CLAA calls at Port Day capacities
The extra calls come mainly from UnCruise Adventures and Lindblad Expeditions, whose ships carry roughly 22 to 100 guests and anchor or use small docks outside the large-ship schedule. CLAA publishes its 2027 schedules as free calendars of ship names and times, with no capacity, so the CLAA column multiplies each listed call by Port Day's lower-berth figure for that ship. On dates the two agree less: 83% of CLAA's Alaska calls fall on the same day in our data and 94% within one day either side.
| Month | Port Day calls | CLAA calls | Port Day berths | CLAA calls, our capacities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 8 | 5 | 13,666 | 13,426 |
| May | 137 | 125 | 296,572 | 307,256 |
| June | 167 | 150 | 348,282 | 354,324 |
| July | 171 | 151 | 338,606 | 345,688 |
| August | 172 | 155 | 355,478 | 364,060 |
| September | 123 | 108 | 271,038 | 275,832 |
| October | 5 | 5 | 16,096 | 16,096 |
Juneau, 2027: Port Day against the CLAA schedule, by month.
Are cruise ships shifting from Juneau to Ketchikan?
Ketchikan, counted with the Ward Cove docks north of town, has 1,705,670 lower berths scheduled for 2027 against 1,639,738 in Juneau, which makes Ketchikan the larger of the two by capacity. 137 sailings call at Ketchikan without stopping in Juneau, and Ward Cove alone takes 135 ship calls.
A trend needs earlier seasons, and Port Day's register starts with sailings from late September 2026, so this page shows the 2027 split rather than a year-on-year shift. What the split does show: Juneau keeps more calls (783 against 727) while Ketchikan takes more berths, because larger ships make up more of its schedule. Skagway and Sitka are covered in the Alaska ports guide.
| Juneau | Ketchikan incl. Ward Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Ship calls | 783 | 727 |
| Lower berths | 1,639,738 | 1,705,670 |
| Cruise lines | 21 | 20 |
| Sailings that skip the other port | 193 | 137 |
Juneau and Ketchikan, 2027 calendar year, Port Day counts.
Key takeaways
- Juneau has 783 cruise ship calls and 1.64 million lower berths scheduled for 2027.
- August is the peak month at 355,478 lower berths, 74% of the daily cap summed over the month.
- The cap is 16,000 lower berths a day Sunday to Friday and 12,000 on Saturday, agreed with the lines in 2024.
- Port Day counts 12.0% more calls than CLAA, mostly small expedition ships; berths differ by 2.2%.
- Passengers run above lower berths: Royal Caribbean Group reported a 109.7% load factor and Carnival Corporation 105% occupancy in 2025.
Frequently asked questions
How many cruise ships will visit Juneau in 2027?
Port Day counts 783 cruise ship calls in Juneau for 2027, from 53 ships run by 21 lines. Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska lists 699 calls; the difference is mostly small expedition ships that CLAA does not schedule. The season runs from late April to early October, with August the busiest month.
What is the Juneau cruise passenger cap?
Since the 2026 season, Juneau limits cruise port calls to 16,000 available lower berths a day from Sunday to Friday and 12,000 on Saturday. The limit comes from a 2024 memorandum of agreement between the City and Borough of Juneau and the largest cruise companies, and it counts ship capacity rather than the passengers actually aboard.
Is a lower berth the same as a cruise passenger?
No. A lower berth is one of the two standard beds in a cabin, so lower berths measure capacity at double occupancy. Cabins often carry a third or fourth guest, so passengers usually exceed lower berths. Royal Caribbean Group reported a 109.7% load factor for 2025 and Carnival Corporation 105% occupancy for its 2025 fiscal year.
Will Juneau reach its cruise cap in 2027?
Across a whole month, no: the busiest month, August, schedules 74% of what the daily cap allows when summed over its days. Single days can still reach the limit, and Port Day does not publish day-level counts, because 17% of the Alaska calls in our data land on a different date from the official CLAA schedule.