A father jumped into the ocean to save his young daughter after she fell overboard from a Disney Cruise Line ship on its way back to South Florida, prompting a dramatic rescue at sea, according to passengers,

Disney Cruise Line confirmed that crew aboard the Disney Dream rescued a father and daughter who went overboard.

A vile rumour about how a five-year-old girl fell overboard from a Disney cruise ship and had to be saved by her dad has been shut down by police. The child was at the centre of the dramatic rescue at about 11.30am on Sunday after toppling off the fourth deck of the Disney Dream.