Impact of Consolidating Income Statements of International Theme Parks (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2014	Mar. 30, 2013	Mar. 29, 2014		Mar. 30, 2013
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 11,649	$ 10,554	$ 23,958		$ 21,895
Cost and expenses	(8,668)	(8,359)	(18,312)		(17,608)
Restructuring and impairment charges	(48)	(61)	(67)		(61)
Other income/(expense), net	(37)	10	(31)		(92)
Interest income/(expense), net	62	(54)	111		(126)
Equity in the income of investees	217	185	456		295
Income before income taxes	3,175	2,275	6,115		4,303
Income taxes	(1,119)	(654)	(2,155)		(1,244)
Net income	2,056	1,621	3,960		3,059
Before International Theme Parks Consolidation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues			22,923	[1]
Cost and expenses			(17,204)
Restructuring and impairment charges			(67)
Other income/(expense), net			(31)
Interest income/(expense), net			131
Equity in the income of investees			410	[1]
Income before income taxes			6,162
Income taxes			(2,155)
Net income			4,007
Royalties and management fees			39
International Theme Parks and Adjustments
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues			1,035
Cost and expenses			(1,108)
Restructuring and impairment charges			0
Other income/(expense), net			0
Interest income/(expense), net			(20)
Equity in the income of investees			46
Income before income taxes			(47)
Income taxes			0
Net income			$ (47)

[1] 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 $39 million of royalties and management fees recognized for the six months ended March 29, 2014.