Overview

• On June 29, a young girl fell over the fourth-deck railing of the Disney Dream and her father immediately dove in to keep her afloat.
• Disney Cruise Line crew activated a “Mr. M. O.B.” alert and rescued both passengers within minutes without any reported injuries.
• The Broward County Sheriff’s Office confirmed there are no signs of wrongdoing while its probe into the precise cause remains open.
• Officials are reviewing how the girl went over plexiglass safety panels despite the ship’s real-time overboard detection systems.
• Overboard accidents on cruise ships are exceedingly rare and often deadly, reinforcing federal mandates for detection technology and barrier protections.