Post #286103 by PremEx on Fri, Feb 16, 2007 12:49 PM

During this same visit Kruschef attempted to visit Disneyland but Walt Disney refused to let him into the park and confronted him at the entrance.

Partially untrue. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was denied Disneyland, but it was not Walt that denied him. In fact...Walt stated at the time in interviews that he was very disappointed the Soviet leader was not permitted to visit his park, and was hoping to show off his (then) brand new submarine fleet to the Soviet leader. :)

Mr. Khrushchev never even made it down to Orange County or Disneyland. The truth is that the various security and law enforcement agencies felt they couldn't provide enough security to Mr. Khrushchev on such short notice. His wife and children were given the option to go, but in light of the now-famous tirade from her husband on the matter, she declined. For more info, see this urban legend page:

http://www.snopes.com/disney/parks/nikita.asp

:)