CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$ 3,059	$ 2,747
Depreciation and amortization	1,064	973
Gains on dispositions and acquisition	(229)	(184)
Deferred income taxes	(247)	236
Equity in the income of investees	(295)	(283)
Cash distributions received from equity investees	367	315
Net change in film and television costs and advances	(571)	(496)
Equity-based compensation	208	208
Other	103	16
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables	(76)	188
Inventories	137	70
Other assets	(1)	67
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	17	60
Income taxes	(232)	(371)
Cash provided by operations	3,304	3,546
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(1,119)	(2,111)
Proceeds from dispositions	345	15
Acquisitions	(2,310)	(726)
Other	94	41
Cash used in investing activities	(2,990)	(2,781)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Commercial paper borrowings/(repayments), net	(245)	290
Borrowings	3,878	3,159
Reduction of borrowings	(788)	(1,545)
Dividends	(1,324)	(1,076)
Repurchases of common stock	(1,894)	(1,669)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	354	524
Other	329	91
Cash provided by/(used in) financing activities	310	(226)
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(59)	7
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	565	546
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	3,387	3,185
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 3,952	$ 3,731