Tiger Cruise released August 6, 2004 is the 54th Disney Channel Original Movie. It stars Hayden Panettiere and Bill Pullman. The films fictional events are intertwined with the reallife events of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Maddie Dolan, an artistic teenager from San Diego, is on a mission to convince her father Gary Dolan, a U.S. Navy Commander O5 and executive officer of the USS Constellation CV64, to give up his career and come home where he belongs. As part of her plan, Maddie accepts her fathers offer to participate in Operation Tiger, a weeklong cruise for military families and their friends aboard his aircraft carrier. She meets two other teenagers boarding the Tiger cruise, Tina and Anthony. Tina is fascinated by military life and her older sister Grace is a naval aviator under Commander Dolan. Anthony, whose older brother Kenny is a sailor, is a carefree drummer who prefers to have nothing to do with military life.On September 10, 2001, one day into the cruise, Maddie and Tina are excited about the days upcoming air show. When Grace hears that the girls want to be on the flight deck taking pictures of her jet taking off, she refuses, telling them that the flight deck is a restricted area due to safety regulations. The girls protest, assuring her that they will be out of the way. Grace tells them they can watch the airshow only from Vultures Row. careless about the rules not to go onto the flight deck, they ask Dolan the same question. He, too, refuses their request. Anthony, however, leads the girls to the flight deck via a shortcut. There, the three teenagers, disguised as navy pilots, proceed to take pictures of Graces jet taking off. However, their disguises prove to be a temporary fix as the instructor spots and recognizes them as civilians, and orders the airmen and sailors to chase and capture them. They attempt to avoid the advancing guards, hiding briefly in the stairwell as the guards pass by, but when they emerge, they end up getting caught by two other airmen. In Captain Andersons office, he reprimands the teenagers for their reckless actions. Although he lets them go, he does issue a warning if any of the three violate any further regulations, they will be restric
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