A child fell overboard during a Disney cruise, prompting her father to jump in after her as the ship returned to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The Disney Dream rescue team pulled the girl and her father into a small boat on Sunday as the cruise ship was returning to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from the Bahamas on the last day of the voyage, according to Disney and passengers who recorded the rescue on video.

A young child suddenly plunged from the fourth deck of the Disney Dream cruise before her father dove in - with one witness describing the scene as 'an absolute miracle'