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Borrowing Activity (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Sep. 27, 2014
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance $ 16,543us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations $ 14,840us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
Borrowings 2,816us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt  
Reductions of borrowings (1,105)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt  
Other Activity (8)us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet  
Commercial paper with original maturities less than three months, net (1)    
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance 1,075us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialPaperwithoriginalmaturitieslessthatthreemonthsMember
[1] 50us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialPaperwithoriginalmaturitieslessthatthreemonthsMember
[1]
Borrowings 1,025us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialPaperwithoriginalmaturitieslessthatthreemonthsMember
[1]  
Reductions of borrowings 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialPaperwithoriginalmaturitieslessthatthreemonthsMember
[1]  
Other Activity 0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialPaperwithoriginalmaturitieslessthatthreemonthsMember
[1]  
commercial paper with original maturities greater than three months [Member]    
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance 1,722us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialpaperwithoriginalmaturitiesgreaterthanthreemonthsMember
0us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialpaperwithoriginalmaturitiesgreaterthanthreemonthsMember
Borrowings 1,722us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialpaperwithoriginalmaturitiesgreaterthanthreemonthsMember
 
Reductions of borrowings 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialpaperwithoriginalmaturitiesgreaterthanthreemonthsMember
 
Other Activity 0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialpaperwithoriginalmaturitiesgreaterthanthreemonthsMember
 
U.S. medium-term notes    
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance 12,716us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MediumTermNotesMember
13,713us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MediumTermNotesMember
Borrowings 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MediumTermNotesMember
 
Reductions of borrowings (1,000)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MediumTermNotesMember
 
Other Activity 3us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MediumTermNotesMember
 
Other Foreign Currency Denominated Debt    
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance 740us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_OtherForeignCurrencyDenominatedDebtMember
783us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_OtherForeignCurrencyDenominatedDebtMember
Borrowings 69us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_OtherForeignCurrencyDenominatedDebtMember
 
Reductions of borrowings (93)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_OtherForeignCurrencyDenominatedDebtMember
 
Other Activity (19)us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_OtherForeignCurrencyDenominatedDebtMember
 
Other    
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance 290us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_DebtOtherMember
294us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_DebtOtherMember
Borrowings 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_DebtOtherMember
 
Reductions of borrowings (12)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_DebtOtherMember
 
Other Activity $ 8us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_DebtOtherMember
 
[1] Borrowings and reductions of borrowings are reported net.