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Borrowing Activity (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
6 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Sep. 27, 2014
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance $ 14,957us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations $ 14,840us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
Borrowings 3,800us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt  
Reductions of borrowings (3,696)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt  
Other Activity 13us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet  
Commercial paper with original maturities less than three months (1)    
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance 1,906us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialPaperwithoriginalmaturitieslessthatthreemonthsMember
[1] 50us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialPaperwithoriginalmaturitieslessthatthreemonthsMember
[1]
Borrowings 1,855us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialPaperwithoriginalmaturitieslessthatthreemonthsMember
[1]  
Reductions of borrowings 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialPaperwithoriginalmaturitieslessthatthreemonthsMember
[1]  
Other Activity 1us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialPaperwithoriginalmaturitieslessthatthreemonthsMember
[1]  
commercial paper with original maturities greater than three months [Member]    
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance 100us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialpaperwithoriginalmaturitiesgreaterthanthreemonthsMember
0us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialpaperwithoriginalmaturitiesgreaterthanthreemonthsMember
Borrowings 1,822us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialpaperwithoriginalmaturitiesgreaterthanthreemonthsMember
 
Reductions of borrowings (1,723)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialpaperwithoriginalmaturitiesgreaterthanthreemonthsMember
 
Other Activity 1us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_CommercialpaperwithoriginalmaturitiesgreaterthanthreemonthsMember
 
U.S. medium-term notes    
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance 11,918us-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 (1,800)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MediumTermNotesMember
 
Other Activity 5us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MediumTermNotesMember
 
Other Foreign Currency Denominated Debt    
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance 723us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_OtherForeignCurrencyDenominatedDebtMember
783us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_OtherForeignCurrencyDenominatedDebtMember
Borrowings 123us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_OtherForeignCurrencyDenominatedDebtMember
 
Reductions of borrowings (149)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_OtherForeignCurrencyDenominatedDebtMember
 
Other Activity (34)us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_OtherForeignCurrencyDenominatedDebtMember
 
Other    
Borrowings [Roll Forward]    
Borrowings, balance 310us-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 (24)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_DebtOtherMember
 
Other Activity $ 40us-gaap_DebtInstrumentIncreaseDecreaseOtherNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= dis_DebtOtherMember
 
[1] Borrowings and reductions of borrowings are reported net.