Seems like they should have held off on docking until the wind died down a bit. Always surprises me that these cruise ships can stand so high out of the water and not be wanting to flip in the wind. Incredible ballast.
I fly through Ketchikan to/from Sitka every few months. Beautiful areas.
All the recently built tour vessels appear too top heavy to me.
So often, cruise ships, when sound decisions are made, one has to wonder what was involved in choices the captain makes. It seems that if nothing goes wrong, it was deemed a good decision.
There are reasons for it. It was explained to passengers once on a particularly iffy port call with questionably safe tender rides to shore. There are considerations such as economics in the port, what to do with the passengers when a call doesn't happen and restocking considerations for the ship.
It's remarkable there aren't more accidents, minor and major.