According to a tweet from Mouse World Travel, the Disney Fantasy rescued 10 people from a sailboat in distress while sailing north of Cuba on her way to Castaway Cay. The Disney Fantasy is on the sixth day of a 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise with Star Wars Day at Sea.
From the images below, it appears the mast may have broken.
@TheDCLBlog Disney Fantasy has rescued 6 men off a white sail boat. Our agent Lisa Warner is onboard. pic.twitter.com/D8icj32qfu
— Mouse World Travel (@Mouseworldtrvl) March 10, 2016
@TheDCLBlog Another view of the sailboat – appears to have a broken sail. pic.twitter.com/nG4Np5yRNy
— Mouse World Travel (@Mouseworldtrvl) March 10, 2016
The Disney Fantasy is scheduled to visit Castaway Cay on Friday and return to Port Canaveral on Saturday.
For some more photos of the rescue chech out the website BehindTheThrills.com. They also published the following video.
Was Gilligan on board?
There were 10 men on the boat that was rescued. It was announced on the ship that they had been at sea for 4 days and other than dehydration, they were ok. They took the men aboard and said the coast guard was meeting us at Castaway Cay to get them.