International Theme Park Investments - Impact of Consolidating Income Statements of International Theme Parks (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2013		Jun. 29, 2013		Mar. 30, 2013		Dec. 29, 2012		Sep. 29, 2012		Jun. 30, 2012		Mar. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011		Sep. 28, 2013		Sep. 29, 2012	Oct. 01, 2011
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 11,568	[1]	$ 11,578	[2]	$ 10,554	[3]	$ 11,341	[4]	$ 10,782	[1]	$ 11,088	[2]	$ 9,629	[3]	$ 10,779	[4]	$ 45,041		$ 42,278	$ 40,893
Cost and expenses																	(35,591)		(33,415)	(33,112)
Restructuring and impairment charges																	(214)		(100)	(55)
Other income/(expense), net																	(69)		239	75
Net interest expense																	(235)		(369)	(343)
Equity in the income of investees																	688		627	585
Income before income taxes																	9,620		9,260	8,043
Income taxes																	(2,984)		(3,087)	(2,785)
Net Income	1,543	[1]	2,034	[2]	1,621	[3]	1,438	[4]	1,390	[1]	2,036	[2]	1,226	[3]	1,521	[4]	6,636		6,173	5,258
Before International Theme Parks Consolidation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues																	42,861	[5]
Cost and expenses																	(33,379)
Restructuring and impairment charges																	(214)
Other income/(expense), net																	(69)
Net interest expense																	(173)
Equity in the income of investees																	642	[5]
Income before income taxes																	9,668
Income taxes																	(2,967)
Net Income																	6,701
Royalties and management fees recognized																	174
International Theme Parks and Adjustments
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues																	2,180
Cost and expenses																	(2,212)
Restructuring and impairment charges																	0
Other income/(expense), net																	0
Net interest expense																	(62)
Equity in the income of investees																	46
Income before income taxes																	(48)
Income taxes																	(17)
Net Income																	$ (65)

[1] Results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 include restructuring and impairment charges ($0.03 per diluted share), offset by a tax benefit related to an increase in the amount of prior-year foreign earnings considered to be indefinitely reinvested outside of the United States ($0.02 per diluted share) and gains on the sale of various businesses ($0.01 per diluted share), which collectively had no net impact on earnings per share. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 includes the Lehman recovery ($0.03 per diluted share) offset by restructuring and impairment charges ($0.02 per diluted share) and the DLP debt charge (rounds to $0.00 per diluted share), which collectively had no net impact on earnings per share.

[2] Results for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 include restructuring and impairment charges, which had an adverse impact of $0.02 on diluted earnings per share. The third quarter of fiscal 2012 includes restructuring charges, which had no net impact on earnings per share.

[3] Results for the second quarter of fiscal 2013 include favorable tax adjustments related to pre-tax earnings in prior years ($0.06 per diluted share), partially offset by restructuring and impairment charges ($0.02 per diluted share). These items collectively had a net positive impact of $0.04 on diluted earnings per share. The second quarter of fiscal 2012 includes a non-cash gain on the Company’s equity investment in UTV, which arose in connection with the acquisition of a controlling interest in UTV ($0.06 per diluted share) and restructuring and impairment charges ($0.01 per diluted share). These items had a net positive impact of $0.05 on diluted earnings per share.

[4] Results for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 include charges related to the Celador litigation ($0.11 per diluted share) and our share of expense associated with the Hulu Equity Redemption ($0.02 per diluted share), partially offset by a gain on the sale of our 50% interest in ESS ($0.07 per diluted share) and a tax benefit related to an increase in the amount of prior-year foreign earnings considered to be indefinitely reinvested outside of the United States ($0.04 per diluted share). These items had a net adverse impact of $0.02 on diluted earnings per share. The first quarter of fiscal 2012 includes restructuring charges, which had no net impact on earnings per share.

[5] These amounts include the International Theme Parks under the equity method of accounting. As such, royalty and management fee income from these operations is included in Revenues and our share of their net income/(loss) is included in Equity in the income of investees. There were $174 million of royalties and management fees recognized for the year ended September 28, 2013.