CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2014	Mar. 30, 2013
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$ 3,960	$ 3,059
Depreciation and amortization	1,141	1,064
Gains on sales of investments and dispositions	(280)	(245)
Deferred income taxes	176	(247)
Equity in the income of investees	(456)	(295)
Cash distributions received from equity investees	361	367
Net change in film and television costs and advances	(663)	(571)
Equity-based compensation	208	208
Other	(29)	119
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables	(469)	(76)
Inventories	134	137
Other assets	(31)	(1)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	(282)	17
Income taxes	(31)	(232)
Cash provided by operations	3,739	3,304
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(1,359)	(1,119)
Sales of investments/proceeds from dispositions	366	350
Acquisitions	(13)	(2,310)
Other	(5)	89
Cash used in investing activities	(1,011)	(2,990)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Commercial paper borrowings/(repayments), net	2,316	(245)
Borrowings	138	3,878
Reduction of borrowings	(1,084)	(788)
Dividends	(1,508)	(1,324)
Repurchases of common stock	(3,254)	(1,894)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	295	354
Other	659	329
Cash (used in)/provided by financing activities	(2,438)	310
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(143)	(59)
Change in cash and cash equivalents	147	565
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	3,931	3,387
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 4,078	$ 3,952