Impact of Consolidating Income Statements of Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Shanghai Disney Resort (Detail) (USD $) In Millions	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2011		Jul. 03, 2010		Jul. 02, 2011		Jul. 03, 2010
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 10,675	[1]	$ 10,002	[1]	$ 30,468	[1]	$ 28,321	[1]
Costs and expenses	(8,229)		(7,723)		(24,554)		(23,116)
Restructuring and impairment charges	(34)		(36)		(46)		(212)
Other income			43		75		140
Net interest expense	(88)		(89)		(266)		(322)
Equity in the income of investees	184		139		463		382
Income before income taxes	2,508		2,336		6,140		5,193
Income taxes	(845)		(831)		(2,133)		(1,846)
Net income	1,663		1,505		4,007		3,347
Before International Theme Parks Consolidation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues					28,924
Costs and expenses					(22,987)
Restructuring and impairment charges					(46)
Other income					75
Net interest expense					(191)
Equity in the income of investees					414
Income before income taxes					6,189
Income taxes					(2,129)
Net income					4,060
International Theme Parks and Adjustments
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues					1,544
Costs and expenses					(1,567)
Net interest expense					(75)
Equity in the income of investees					49
Income before income taxes					(49)
Income taxes					(4)
Net income					$ (53)

[1] Studio Entertainment segment revenues and operating income include an allocation of Consumer Products and Interactive Media revenues which is meant to reflect royalties on sales of merchandise based on certain Studio film properties. The increase/(decrease) related to these allocations on segment revenues and operating income as reported in the above table are as follows: Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended July 2, 2011 July 3, 2010 July 2, 2011 July 3, 2010 Studio Entertainment $ 77 $ 51 $ 195 $ 136 Consumer Products (76) (50) (192) (129) Interactive Media (1) (1) (3) (7) $ - $ - $ - $