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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
USD ($)
Sep. 27, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 28, 2013
USD ($)
Sep. 28, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 27, 2014
Syndicated programming
USD ($)
Dec. 27, 2014
Mortgage Receivable
USD ($)
Dec. 27, 2014
Guarantee Obligations
USD ($)
Sep. 13, 2012
Beef Products
USD ($)
Dec. 27, 2014
Venezuelan Bolívar Fuerte
VEF
Dec. 27, 2014
Venezuelan Bolívar Fuerte
SICAD 2 [Member]
VEF
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]                    
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value               $ 400,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= dis_BeefproductsMember
   
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted             334,000,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure
/ us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMember
     
Remaining debt service obligation guaranteed, principal             68,000,000dis_GuarantorObligationsMaximumExposurePrincipal
/ us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMember
     
Long-term receivables, net of allowance for credit losses         800,000,000us-gaap_LongTermAccountsNotesAndLoansReceivableNetNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis
= dis_ProgrammingRightsMember
700,000,000us-gaap_LongTermAccountsNotesAndLoansReceivableNetNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageReceivablesMember
       
Allowance for credit losses related to long-term receivables, percentage           4.00%dis_AllowanceForCreditLossesPercentage
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageReceivablesMember
       
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increase Resulting from Current Period Tax Positions 19,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease                  
Unrecognized Tax Benefits 822,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits                  
Impact to income tax provision from change in unrecognized tax benefits 15,000,000dis_Impacttoincometaxprovisionfromchangeinunrecognizedtaxbenefits                  
Unrecognized tax benefits expected reduction due to resolutions of open tax matters 141,000,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit                  
Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Would Impact Effective Tax Rate 132,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate                  
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $ 5,077,000,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 3,421,000,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 4,397,000,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 3,931,000,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue         1,700,000,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_VEF
 
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Remeasurement                   50.0us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyExchangeRateRemeasurement1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= dis_SICAD2Member
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_VEF