Impact of Consolidating Income Statements of International Theme Parks (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012		Jul. 02, 2011		Jun. 30, 2012		Jul. 02, 2011
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 11,088	[1]	$ 10,675	[1]	$ 31,496	[1]	$ 30,468	[1]
Cost and expenses	(8,128)		(8,229)		(24,657)		(24,554)
Restructuring and impairment charges	(7)		(34)		(51)		(46)
Other income					184		75
Net interest expense	(93)		(88)		(278)		(266)
Equity in the income of investees	169		184		452		463
Income before income taxes	3,029		2,508		7,146		6,140
Income taxes	(993)		(845)		(2,363)		(2,133)
Net income	2,036		1,663		4,783		4,007
Before International Theme Parks Consolidation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues					29,924	[2]
Cost and expenses					(23,085)	[2]
Restructuring and impairment charges					(51)	[2]
Other income					184	[2]
Net interest expense					(221)	[2]
Equity in the income of investees					425	[2]
Income before income taxes					7,176	[2]
Income taxes					(2,360)	[2]
Net income					4,816	[2]
International Theme Parks and Adjustments
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues					1,572
Cost and expenses					(1,572)
Net interest expense					(57)
Equity in the income of investees					27
Income before income taxes					(30)
Income taxes					(3)
Net income					$ (33)

[1] Studio Entertainment segment revenues and operating income include an allocation of Consumer Products and Interactive revenues which is meant to reflect royalties on sales of merchandise based on certain Studio film properties. The increases/(decreases) related to these allocations on segment revenues and operating income as reported in the above table are as follows: Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended June 30, 2012 July 2, 2011 June 30, 2012 July 2, 2011 Studio Entertainment $ 64 $ 77 $ 194 $ 195 Consumer Products (53 ) (76 ) (182 ) (192 ) Interactive (11 ) (1 ) (12 ) (3 ) $ - $ - $ - $ -

[2] 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 $9 million in royalties and management fees recognized for the nine months ended June 30, 2012.