In The Guardian, reviewing Neal Gabler’s biography of Walt Disney, they said:Īfter he died in December 1966, a rumour circulated that Disney had been cryogenically frozen, so that he could rest, like Sleeping Beauty, and wake up in 1975. After a small, private funeral that the family held, people wondered if Walt might have tried some emerging cryonic technology on himself, even in death… In fact, Bob Nelson, an expert on cryonics at the time, actually claimed that Disney did indeed want to be frozen. Why do people think that Disney is frozen? Walt Disney’s love of the future and progress and technology made this is a very interesting speculation. These conspiracy theories have a very strong impact on many people. When you think about it, this is really not all that different from people thinking that Elvis is still alive, or that Tupac Shakur never really died. None of these photos or claims has ever been confirmed, and we’ll see why in a minute. People have even claimed that there’s an Illuminati connection, or to have real pictures of Walt Disney’s head, frozen in a container. Specifically, people guessed that Walt Disney’s body was being kept frozen under the famous Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. Disney had been frozen and stored underneath Disneyland itself, the first park he ever created! People Speculated That Walt Disney’s Frozen Body Lay Beneath Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland However, soon after Walt’s death, people began to speculate that he might have been preserved through an advanced process of cryogenics, which is basically the science of physics at very low temperatures.įans and conspiracy theorists alike started to wonder if maybe - just maybe - Mr. Those are the simple facts that you need to know.