# Is Walt Disney really in a Cryogenics lab in Arizona? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 5, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709 "2003-01-05T02:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quikstrike89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/eada6e/32.png) [@Quikstrike89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quikstrike89)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709/1 "2003-01-05T02:34:44Z")
I live in Arizona and I’ve heard a rumor from two people I know. Does anyone know where this came from or if it is true? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709/2 "2003-01-05T02:41:55Z")
Here is a link [http://www.snopes.com/index.html](http://www.snopes.com/index.html) that covers this false rumor very well. Check out the whole of the site, as it is very popular here, & you will surely find it interesting. **Welcome to the Boards!** ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709/3 "2003-01-05T02:43:10Z")
Nah. Urban Legend. See: [http://www.snopes.com/disney/info/wd-ice.htm](http://www.snopes.com/disney/info/wd-ice.htm) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709/4 "2003-01-05T02:47:41Z")
Beaten to the punch again! Timothy Leary did have his head severed after death for cryogenic freezing, though. they show it at the end of the movie “Timothy Leary’s Dead”, I hear. The actual footage. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709/5 "2003-01-05T02:49:11Z")
Nope. Check [this](http://www.snopes.com/disney/waltdisn/frozen.htm) out. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709/6 "2003-01-05T02:58:51Z")
Nope. He was cremated and buried at Forest Lawn in Glendale, CA. It’s a pity he wasn’t frozen, really. It would give a whole new meaning to _ **Disney on Ice** _. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709/7 "2003-01-05T03:32:04Z")
Snopes is all well and good, but if you want the Straight Dope, why not just read **Cecil Adams** on [Is Walt Disney’s frozen body buried under Disneyland?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_331.html) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709/8 "2003-01-05T04:53:07Z")
[hijack] Fourty years from now, will we be having questions about whether or not Ted Williams’ body is still frozen somewhere? [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709/9 "2003-01-05T06:07:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*It’s a pity he wasn’t frozen, really. It would give a whole new meaning to _ **Disney on Ice** _. \*\* BOO!! BOO!! TERRIBLE!!! BOO!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walt-disney-really-in-a-cryogenics-lab-in-arizona/146709/10 "2003-01-05T15:02:30Z")
**A More In-Depth Answer** William Poundstone, in his book _Big Secrets_ (or maybe it was _Bigger Secrets_ or _Biggest Secrets_) makes it quite clear that anyone with $10 to spare can request a copy of WD’s (or anybody’s) death certificate from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Such death certificates clearly mention the dispostion of the corpse. Mr. Poundstone forked over the $10 and confirmed that Mr. Disney’s body was cremated and that the remains were interred at Forest Lawn cemetary. Furthermore, go to [http://www.findagrave.com](http://www.findagrave.com) and search “Disney” and you’ll see a picture of his grave. I’d post a link directly to Mr. Disney’s grave’s page right now but Findagrave is down today.