The 5-year-old fell overboard when she lost her balance while sitting on a railing and dropped backwards down a porthole, BSO said.

A 5-year-old girl who fell overboard off a Disney cruise ship reportedly fell backward through a porthole. The investigation is continuing into the incident that happened June 29 as the ship was returning to Fort Lauderdale after a four-day cruise.

A rumor began to circulate after a five-year-old girl fell from the fourth deck of a Disney Dream cruise ship off the coast of Florida before her father dived into the ocean to save her