Impact of Consolidating Cash Flow Statements of International Theme Parks (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows [Line Items]
Cash provided by operations	$ 5,762	$ 4,773
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(2,556)	(1,905)
Cash (used in)/provided by other investing activities	(482)
Cash (used in)/provided by financing activities	(1,981)	(2,345)
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	3	(277)
Change in cash and cash equivalents	746	324
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	4,269	3,421
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	5,015	$ 3,745
Before International Theme Parks Consolidation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows [Line Items]
Cash provided by operations	5,654
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(1,384)
Cash (used in)/provided by other investing activities	(1,043)
Cash (used in)/provided by financing activities	(2,588)
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	2
Change in cash and cash equivalents	641
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	3,488
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	4,129
International Theme Parks and Adjustments
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows [Line Items]
Cash provided by operations	108
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(1,172)
Cash (used in)/provided by other investing activities	561
Cash (used in)/provided by financing activities	607
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	1
Change in cash and cash equivalents	105
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	781
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 886