International Theme Park Investments - Impact of Consolidating Cash Flow Statements of International Theme Parks (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2013	Sep. 29, 2012	Oct. 01, 2011
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows [Line Items]
Cash provided by operations	$ 9,452	$ 7,966	$ 6,994
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(2,796)	(3,784)	(3,559)
Cash (used in)/provided by other investing activities	(1,880)
Cash (used in)/provided by financing activities	(4,214)	(2,985)	(3,233)
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(18)	(20)	(12)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	544	202	463
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	3,387	3,185	2,722
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	3,931	3,387	3,185
Before International Theme Parks Consolidation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows [Line Items]
Cash provided by operations	9,306
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(1,826)
Cash (used in)/provided by other investing activities	(2,247)
Cash (used in)/provided by financing activities	(4,718)
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(29)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	486
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	2,839
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	3,325
International Theme Parks and Adjustments
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows [Line Items]
Cash provided by operations	146
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(970)
Cash (used in)/provided by other investing activities	367
Cash (used in)/provided by financing activities	504
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	11
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	58
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	548
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	$ 606

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Amount of increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are the amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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The net cash from (used in) all of the entity's operating activities, including those of discontinued operations, of the reporting entity. Operating activities generally involve producing and delivering goods and providing services. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value that are not defined as investing or financing activities. While for technical reasons this element has no balance attribute, the default assumption is a debit balance consistent with its label.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale; includes cash outflows to pay for construction of self-constructed assets.

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