Exhibit 99.3


                                                      CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                                           SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002*


         In connection with the Annual Report on Form 11-K of the ABC, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan (the "Plan") with
respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, Thomas O. Staggs, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Walt Disney
Company, the parent company of ABC, Inc. (the Plan sponsor), certify, pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that, to my knowledge:

     1.       The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities
              Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2.       The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and
              results of operations of the Plan.




By:        /s/ THOMAS O. STAGGS
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Thomas O. Staggs
Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
The Walt Disney Company
June 27, 2003























* A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to The Walt Disney Company and
will be retained by The Walt Disney Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon
request.