Celebration Key cruise crowd calendar

Celebration Key, Grand Bahama, Bahamas (Carnival)

How many cruise ships and people are in Celebration Key today and on the days ahead, and which days are quietest to sail or visit.

Thursday 24 December 2026 · all times local (Eastern Time)

Today · Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28
Celebration Key port guide and schedule

In port on Thu 24 Dec

Typical

12,350

people in port · 8,932 guests + 3,418 crew

9% busier than a typical day in Celebration Key.

Ships
3
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
3
Ships alongside
08:00 – 16:00
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How busy Celebration Key is on Thu 24 Dec

Thursday 24 December 2026 · 3 ships · 12,350 people · all times local (Eastern Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Carnival Freedom
    Carnival Cruise Line
    08:00 – 16:00 · Port of call
    4,124 people
  • Carnival Liberty
    Carnival Cruise Line
    08:00 – 16:00 · Port of call
    4,134 people
  • Carnival Sunrise
    Carnival Cruise Line
    08:00 – 16:00 · Port of call
    4,092 people

People are guests at standard occupancy (two per cabin) plus crew. Turnaround ships also move about as many boarding guests through the terminals as the ones leaving.

When the port is busiest on Thu 24 Dec

Most people in port 08:00 – 16:00: 12,350 people on 3 ships.

Carnival Freedom
08:00 – 16:00 · Port of call
Carnival Liberty
08:00 – 16:00 · Port of call
Carnival Sunrise
08:00 – 16:00 · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:00

How busy is Celebration Key? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Celebration Key day. Select a day to see its ships.

Later months
  • No ships nothing scheduled
  • Quiet under half a typical day
  • Light 50–85% of typical
  • Typical 85–115%
  • Busy 115–150%
  • Peak over 150%

Numbers are thousands of people. Earlier days this month are faded and today is outlined.

Busiest and quietest days of the week

Fridays are the busiest and Wednesdays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    14K
  • Tuesday
    11K
  • Wednesday
    8.3K
  • Thursday
    11K
  • Friday
    15K
  • Saturday
    12K
  • Sunday
    10K

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 3,054
    Quiet
  2. 3,090
    Quiet
  3. Wed 4 Nov
    1 ship
    4,092
    Quiet
  4. 4,092
    Quiet
  5. Wed 2 Dec
    1 ship
    4,092
    Quiet

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Fri 4 Dec
    4 ships
    17,489
    Peak
  2. Fri 18 Dec
    4 ships
    17,454
    Peak
  3. Tue 10 Nov
    4 ships
    16,499
    Busy
  4. Mon 14 Dec
    3 ships
    16,389
    Busy
  5. Mon 11 Jan
    3 ships
    16,316
    Busy

Celebration Key port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Thu 22 Oct – Tue 19 Jan

Ship calls
224
Daily average
11,635
people in port
Busiest day
17,489
Fri 4 Dec · 4 ships
Days with ships
90 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Celebration Key

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Celebration Key crowd calendar questions

Each ship counts its guests at standard occupancy (two per cabin) plus its crew. A ship without a published capacity is listed in the schedule but not counted.

It compares the day with a typical Celebration Key day with ships. Quiet is under half of that, Light 50–85%, Typical 85–115%, Busy 115–150% and Peak more than one and a half times. Each port is compared with itself, so a Busy day in a small port has far fewer people than one in a big homeport.

Most ships call at Celebration Key for the day: they arrive in the morning and leave in the late afternoon, so the town and its sights are busiest in between.

The calendar covers this month and the next 11 months of published itineraries. Lines add and change calls, so dates further out can still move.

Yes. Arrival and departure times move with weather and port operations. Always confirm with your cruise line and the port before you travel.