A long-standing urban legend maintains that Disney was cryonically frozen , and that his frozen corpse was stored beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland , but Disney 's remains were cremated on December 17 , 1966 , and his ashes interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale , California .
After Disney 's death , many rumors were spreading that Disney 's body was not cremated , but it was cryonically frozen , and that his frozen corpse was stored beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland .