5-year-old taken to hospital after water scare at Disney Resort

A 5-year-old was airlifted to the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children on Monday after the child was involved in a water emergency, the Reedy Creek Fire Department said.

Firefighters learned of a situation possibly involving a drowning at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort on Animation Way and headed out to investigate, along with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

The child was taken to the hospital as a precaution, and is now listed as stable and “well.”


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