Road Town cruise crowd calendar

Road Town, Tortola

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

Thursday 12 November 2026 · all times local (Atlantic Standard Time)

Today · Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15Mon 16Tue 17Wed 18
Road Town port guide and schedule

In port today

Peak

9,098

people in port · 6,341 guests + 2,757 crew

126% busier than a typical day in Road Town.

Ships
2
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
2
Ships alongside
6:45 am – 6:00 pm
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How busy Road Town is today

Thursday 12 November 2026 · 2 ships · 9,098 people · all times local (Atlantic Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Norwegian Aqua
    Norwegian Cruise Line
    6:45 am – 2:00 pm · Port of call
    5,168 people
  • Resilient Lady
    Virgin Voyages
    8:00 am – 6:00 pm · Port of call
    3,930 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 today

Most people in port 8 am – 2 pm: 9,098 people on 2 ships.

Norwegian Aqua
6:45 am – 2:00 pm · Port of call
Resilient Lady
8:00 am – 6:00 pm · Port of call
People in port
6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm

How busy is Road Town? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Road Town 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

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

  • Monday
    7.2K
  • Tuesday
    7.6K
  • Wednesday
    7.7K
  • Thursday
    9.2K
  • Friday
    5.4K
  • Saturday
    6.9K
  • Sunday
    9.8K

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 1,070
    Quiet
  2. Fri 1 Jan
    1 ship
    1,148
    Quiet
  3. 1,562
    Quiet
  4. 2,594
    Light
  5. 2,594
    Light

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Sun 27 Dec
    4 ships
    13,795
    Peak
  2. Wed 6 Jan
    3 ships
    13,636
    Peak
  3. Thu 17 Dec
    3 ships
    13,531
    Peak
  4. Tue 26 Jan
    3 ships
    13,463
    Peak
  5. Sun 3 Jan
    3 ships
    12,799
    Peak

Road Town port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Thu 12 Nov – Tue 9 Feb

Ship calls
206
Daily average
7,682
people in port
Busiest day
13,795
Sun 27 Dec · 4 ships
Days with ships
90 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Road Town

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Road Town 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 Road Town 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 Road Town 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.