Impact of Consolidating Income Statements of International Theme Parks (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues:		$ 12,969	$ 12,461	$ 28,213	$ 25,852
Cost and expenses		(9,606)	(9,355)	(20,861)	(19,538)
Restructuring and impairment charges		0	0	81	0
Interest expense, net		(67)	8	(91)	(50)
Equity in the income of investees		150	206	624	418
Income before income taxes		3,446	3,320	7,804	6,682
Income taxes		(1,170)	(1,092)	(2,618)	(2,210)
Net income		$ 2,276	$ 2,228	5,186	$ 4,472
Before International Theme Parks Consolidation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues:	[1]			27,313
Cost and expenses				(19,680)
Restructuring and impairment charges				81
Interest expense, net				(68)
Equity in the income of investees	[1]			412
Income before income taxes				7,896
Income taxes				(2,618)
Net income				5,278
Royalties and management fees				65
International Theme Parks and Adjustments
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues:				900
Cost and expenses				(1,181)
Restructuring and impairment charges				0
Interest expense, net				(23)
Equity in the income of investees				212
Income before income taxes				(92)
Income taxes				0
Net income				$ (92)

[1] In the six months ended April 2, 2016, royalty and management fees from the International Theme Parks totaling $65 million are included in Revenues, and our share of the net income/(loss) of the International Theme Parks is included in Equity in the income of investees.