Cover - USD ($) $ in Billions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Jan. 17, 2024	Apr. 01, 2023
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-K/A
Document Annual Report	true
Document Transition Report	false
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag]	false
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag	true
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	EXPLANATORY NOTE This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this “Amendment”) amends The Walt Disney Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, originally filed with the SEC on November 21, 2023 (the “Original Form 10-K”).We are filing this Amendment pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K, as we currently expect that our definitive proxy statement for the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) will be filed later than the 120th day after the end of the last fiscal year. Accordingly, this Amendment is being filed solely to:•amend Part III, Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the Original Form 10-K to include the information required by and not included in such Items;•delete the reference on the cover of the Original Form 10-K to the incorporation by reference of certain information from our proxy statement into Part III of the Original Form 10-K; and•file new certifications of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer as exhibits to this Amendment under Item 15 of Part IV hereof pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.This Amendment does not otherwise change or update any of the disclosures set forth in the Original Form 10-K.References to the “Company,” “Disney,” “we” or “our” in this Amendment refer to The Walt Disney Company and, as applicable, its consolidated subsidiaries.
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2023
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2023
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	WALT DISNEY CO/
Entity Central Index Key	0001744489
Entity File Number	001-38842
Entity Tax Identification Number	83-0940635
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--09-28
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Public Float			$ 182.9
Entity Contact Personnel [Line Items]
Entity Address, Address Line One	500 South Buena Vista Street
Entity Address, City or Town	Burbank
Entity Address, State or Province	CA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	91521
Entity Phone Fax Numbers [Line Items]
City Area Code	818
Local Phone Number	560-1000
Entity Listings [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	DIS
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,834,285,760