Impact of Consolidating Income Statements of International Theme Parks (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Jul. 02, 2016	Jun. 27, 2015	Jul. 02, 2016	Jun. 27, 2015
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues:		$ 14,277	$ 13,101	$ 42,490	$ 38,953
Cost and expenses		(10,132)	(9,339)	(30,993)	(28,877)
Restructuring and impairment charges		44	0	125	0
Interest expense, net		(70)	(12)	(161)	(62)
Equity in the income of investees		152	212	776	630
Income before income taxes		4,183	3,962	11,987	10,644
Income taxes		(1,471)	(1,323)	(4,089)	(3,533)
Net income		$ 2,712	$ 2,639	7,898	$ 7,111
Before International Theme Parks Consolidation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues:	[1]			41,013
Cost and expenses				(29,049)
Restructuring and impairment charges				125
Interest expense, net				(121)
Equity in the income of investees	[1]			443
Income before income taxes				12,161
Income taxes				(4,089)
Net income				8,072
Royalties and management fees				108
International Theme Parks and Adjustments
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues:				1,477
Cost and expenses				(1,944)
Restructuring and impairment charges				0
Interest expense, net				(40)
Equity in the income of investees				333
Income before income taxes				(174)
Income taxes				0
Net income				$ (174)

[1] In the nine months ended July 2, 2016, royalty and management fees from the International Theme Parks totaling $108 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.