A pensioner has died after falling overboard from a Disney Wonder cruise ship this weekend.

The 73-year-old man, from Melbourne, reportedly fell from one of the vessel’s decks on Saturday morning.

The Disney Wonder cruise was heading for Auckland, New Zealand, but was forced to turn around in the Tasman Sea.

It is understood that the man fell from the ship around 4.30am, but passengers first noticed the change in course several hours later, at around 12pm.

Passenger Mitch Talbot told 7News: ‘The captain came on and updated the boat and basically stated that there was someone, a passenger had fallen overboard…but they were unable to find them.

‘It was quite sombre and it was just a bit eerie for the rest of the day.’

The cruise has since continued its journey, with passengers expected

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