The 5-year-old girl who fell overboard from a Disney Cruise had slipped through the ship’s porthole and down into the ocean below, according to officials, dispelling rumors her father was at fault for the scary plummet.
The young girl, sailing on the Disney Dream in international waters, was sitting on a railing on a fourth-floor deck of the ship as her parents played shuffleboard nearby around 11:30 a.m. on June 29.
Suddenly, the youngster fell backwards and through the porthole opening down to the open waters, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday, according to CBS Miami.
Disney Cruise rescue crews rescue the young girl and her father after the harrowing overboard call on June 29, 2025. CMD-91/TikTok
The girl’s 37-year-old father didn’t see the fall, but was alerted to it by the child’s mother.
He dove into the water and grabbed his daughter, and the two treaded water for