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Loans to Subsidiaries.

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Noncontrolling Interest, Incremental Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Interest Upon Achieving Performance Targets

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Number Of Hotels To Be Built

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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This element represents the total consolidated (as applicable) capitalization of the entity which is comprised of its long-term debt and equity instruments. The table may be detailed by subsidiary (legal entity) and include information by type of debt or equity detailed by instrument.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying amount of debt identified as being convertible into another form of financial instrument (typically the entity's common stock) as of the balance sheet date, which originally required full repayment more than twelve months after issuance or greater than the normal operating cycle of the company.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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International Theme Park Investments - Additional Information (Details) € / shares in Units, € in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		47 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2015 EUR (€) € / shares	Jun. 27, 2015 EUR (€) € / shares	Jun. 27, 2015 EUR (€) Property € / shares	Jun. 27, 2015 USD ($) Property	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Sep. 27, 2014
Noncontrolling Interest
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity \| $						$ 6,000
Disneyland Paris
Noncontrolling Interest
Effective Ownership Interest		83.00%	83.00%			83.00%
Capitalization, Long-term Debt and Equity							€ 1,000
Incremental Ownership Interest by Parent	23.00%	6.00%
Convertible Debt	€ 600
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price \| € / shares	€ 1.25
Loans to Subsidiaries		€ 1,000	€ 1,000
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
Noncontrolling Interest
Effective Ownership Interest		46.00%	46.00%			46.00%		48.00%
Additional Capital Contributions Commitment \| $				$ 219
Loans to Subsidiaries \| $						$ 149
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners		54.00%	54.00%			54.00%		52.00%
Resort Expansion Costs \| $					$ 550
Loans to Subsidiaries from Noncontrolling Owners \| $						$ 104
Number of Hotels To Be Built \| Property			3	3
Shanghai Disney Resort
Noncontrolling Interest
Effective Ownership Interest		43.00%	43.00%			43.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners		57.00%	57.00%			57.00%
Number of Hotels To Be Built \| Property			2	2
Shanghai Disney Resort Management Company
Noncontrolling Interest
Effective Ownership Interest		70.00%	70.00%			70.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners		30.00%	30.00%			30.00%
Minimum
Noncontrolling Interest
Variable Spread Above Reference Rate			0.23%	0.23%
Minimum \| Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
Noncontrolling Interest
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage Parent Dilution Period			17 years	17 years
Maximum
Noncontrolling Interest
Variable Spread Above Reference Rate			1.63%	1.63%
Maximum \| Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
Noncontrolling Interest
Noncontrolling Interest, Future Ownership Percentage by Parent Upon Achieving Performance Targets		8.00%	8.00%			8.00%
Equity Rights Offering [Member] \| Disneyland Paris
Noncontrolling Interest
Proceeds from Issuance or Sale of Equity	€ 400
Additional Capital Contributions Commitment	€ 200
Incremental Ownership Interest by Parent	4.00%
Pro Forma [Member] \| Disneyland Paris
Noncontrolling Interest
Deferred Tax Assets, Deferred Income \| $						$ 400
Pro Forma [Member] \| Minimum \| Disneyland Paris
Noncontrolling Interest
Effective Ownership Interest		54.00%	54.00%			54.00%
Additional Capital Contributions Commitment		€ 100	€ 300
Business Acquisition, Share Price \| € / shares		€ 1.25	€ 1.25
Business Acquisition by Noncontrolling Owners, Share Price \| € / shares		€ 1.25	€ 1.25
Intercompany Line of Credit Expiring Twenty Twenty-Three [Member] \| Disneyland Paris
Noncontrolling Interest
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		€ 350	€ 350
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date			Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
EURIBOR [Member] \| Intercompany Line of Credit Expiring Twenty Twenty-Three [Member] \| Disneyland Paris
Noncontrolling Interest
Variable Spread Above Reference Rate			2.00%	2.00%
HIBOR [Member] \| Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
Noncontrolling Interest
Variable Spread Above Reference Rate			2.00%	2.00%