Borrowings including the impact of Interest Rate and Cross-Currency Swaps (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Oct. 03, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings		$ 17,336	$ 14,795
Less current portion		4,563	2,164
Total long-term borrowings		12,773	12,631
Unamortized Debt Issuance Expense		46	45
Qualifying hedges, market value adjustments for debt		131	74
Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings		$ 2,430	50
Borrowings, Stated Interest Rate	[1]	0.00%
Borrowings, Effective Interest Rate	[2]	0.19%
U.S. medium-term notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings	[3]	$ 13,873	13,668
Borrowings, Stated Interest Rate	[1]	2.95%
Interest rate and Cross-Currency Swaps, Pay Floating Interest Rate	[4]	$ 6,425
Borrowings, Effective Interest Rate	[2]	2.31%
U.S. medium-term notes | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Swap Maturity Year		Dec. 31, 2016
U.S. medium-term notes | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Swap Maturity Year		Dec. 31, 2023
Foreign currency denominated debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings		$ 447	530
Borrowings, Stated Interest Rate	[1]	4.94%
Interest rate and Cross-Currency Swaps, Pay Floating Interest Rate	[4]	$ 249
Borrowings, Effective Interest Rate	[2]	4.74%
Swap Maturity Year		Dec. 31, 2017
Capital Cities/ABC debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings		$ 108	110
Borrowings, Stated Interest Rate	[1]	8.75%
Borrowings, Effective Interest Rate	[2]	6.01%
Other
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings	[5]	$ 159	184
Parent Company [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings		$ 17,017	14,542
Borrowings, Stated Interest Rate	[1]	2.62%
Interest rate and Cross-Currency Swaps, Pay Floating Interest Rate		$ 6,674
Borrowings, Effective Interest Rate	[2]	2.10%
International Theme Parks
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings		$ 319	$ 253
Borrowings, Stated Interest Rate	[1]	3.30%
Borrowings, Effective Interest Rate	[2]	3.41%
Total borrowings
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings, Stated Interest Rate	[1]	2.63%
Interest rate and Cross-Currency Swaps, Pay Floating Interest Rate		$ 6,674
Borrowings, Effective Interest Rate	[2]	2.12%
Long Term Debt, Current Portion
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings, Stated Interest Rate	[1]	1.39%
Interest rate and Cross-Currency Swaps, Pay Floating Interest Rate		$ 1,250
Borrowings, Effective Interest Rate	[2]	0.73%
Non Current
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate and Cross-Currency Swaps, Pay Floating Interest Rate		$ 5,424

[1] The stated interest rate represents the weighted-average coupon rate for each category of borrowings. For floating rate borrowings, interest rates are the rates in effect at October 3, 2015; these rates are not necessarily an indication of future interest rates.

[2] The effective interest rate includes the impact of existing and terminated interest rate and cross-currency swaps, purchase accounting adjustments and debt issuance discounts and costs.

[3] Includes debt issuance costs totaling $46 million and $45 million at October 3, 2015 and September 27, 2014, respectively.

[4] Amounts represent notional values of interest rate and cross-currency swaps outstanding as of October 3, 2015.

[5] Includes market value adjustments for debt with qualifying hedges totaling $131 million and $74 million at October 3, 2015 and September 27, 2014, respectively.