International Theme Park Investments - Impact of Consolidating Income Statements of International Theme Parks (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
		Oct. 03, 2015	[1]	Jun. 27, 2015	Mar. 28, 2015	Dec. 27, 2014	Sep. 27, 2014	[1]	Jun. 28, 2014	Mar. 29, 2014	[2]	Dec. 28, 2013	[3]	Oct. 03, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014	Sep. 28, 2013
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues		$ 13,512		$ 13,101	$ 12,461	$ 13,391	$ 12,389		$ 12,466	$ 11,649		$ 12,309		$ 52,465	$ 48,813	$ 45,041
Cost and expenses														(39,241)	(37,273)	(35,591)
Restructuring and impairment charges														(53)	(140)	(214)
Other expense, net														0	(31)	(69)
Interest income/(expense), net														(117)	23	(235)
Equity in the income of investees														814	854	688
Income before income taxes														13,868	12,246	9,620
Income taxes														(5,016)	(4,242)	(2,984)
Net Income		$ 1,741		$ 2,639	$ 2,228	$ 2,244	$ 1,625		$ 2,419	$ 2,056		$ 1,904		8,852	$ 8,004	$ 6,636
Before International Theme Parks Consolidation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues	[4]													50,280
Cost and expenses														(36,951)
Restructuring and impairment charges														(53)
Other expense, net														(31)
Interest income/(expense), net														(56)
Equity in the income of investees	[4]													742
Income before income taxes														13,931
Income taxes														(5,002)
Net Income														8,929
Royalties and Management Fees														60
International Theme Parks and Adjustments
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues														2,185
Cost and expenses														(2,290)
Restructuring and impairment charges														0
Other expense, net														31
Interest income/(expense), net														(61)
Equity in the income of investees														72
Income before income taxes														(63)
Income taxes														(14)
Net Income														$ (77)

[1] Results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 included a non-cash charge in connection with the write-off of a deferred tax asset as a result of the Disneyland Paris recapitalization ($0.24 per diluted share) and restructuring and impairment charges ($0.02 per diluted share), which collectively resulted in a net adverse impact of $0.25 per diluted share. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 included restructuring and impairment charges, which had an adverse impact of $0.03 on diluted earnings per share.

[2] The second quarter of fiscal 2014 included a loss from Venezuelan foreign currency translation ($0.05 per diluted share) and restructuring and impairment charges ($0.02 per diluted share), partially offset by a gain on the sale of property ($0.03 per diluted share) and income related to a portion of a settlement of an affiliate contract dispute ($0.01 per diluted share). These items had a net adverse impact of $0.03 on diluted earnings per share.

[3] The first quarter of fiscal 2014 included restructuring and impairment charges, which had an adverse impact of $0.01 on diluted earnings per share.

[4] In fiscal 2015, royalty and management fees from the International Theme Parks totaling $60 million are included in Revenues, and our share of the net income/(loss) of the International Theme Parks is included in Equity in the income of investees.