CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2014
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$ 4,472	$ 3,960
Depreciation and amortization	1,176	1,141
Gains on sales of investments and dispositions	(56)	(280)
Deferred income taxes	202	176
Equity in the income of investees	(418)	(456)
Cash distributions received from equity investees	349	361
Net change in film and television costs and advances	(33)	(663)
Equity-based compensation	213	208
Other Operating Activities, Cash Flow statement	175	(29)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables	(208)	(469)
Inventories	129	134
Other assets	(110)	(31)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	(847)	(282)
Income taxes	(271)	(31)
Cash provided by operations	4,773	3,739
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(1,905)	(1,359)
Sales of investments/proceeds from dispositions	81	366
Other	(3)	(18)
Cash used in investing activities	(1,827)	(1,011)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Commercial paper borrowings, net	1,954	2,316
Borrowings	117	138
Reduction of borrowings	(1,953)	(1,084)
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Common Stock	(1,948)	(1,508)
Repurchases of common stock	(1,788)	(3,254)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	235	295
Proceeds from Noncontrolling Interests	829	441
Other	209	218
Cash used in financing activities	(2,345)	(2,438)
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(277)	(143)
Change in cash and cash equivalents	324	147
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	3,421	3,931
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 3,745	$ 4,078