CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 03, 2009
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$ 5,258	$ 4,313	$ 3,609
Depreciation and amortization	1,841	1,713	1,631
Gains on dispositions	(75)	(118)	(342)
Deferred income taxes	127	133	323
Equity in the income of investees	(585)	(440)	(577)
Cash distributions received from equity investees	608	473	505
Net change in film and television costs	332	238	(43)
Equity-based compensation	423	391	361
Impairment charges	16	132	279
Other	188	9	29
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Receivables	(518)	(686)	468
Inventories	(199)	(127)	(117)
Other assets	(189)	42	(565)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	(367)	649	(250)
Income taxes	134	(144)	8
Cash provided by operations	6,994	6,578	5,319
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(3,559)	(2,110)	(1,753)
Proceeds from dispositions	564	170	185
Acquisitions	(184)	(2,493)	(176)
Other	(107)	(90)	(11)
Cash used in investing activities	(3,286)	(4,523)	(1,755)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Commercial paper borrowings, net	393	1,190	(1,985)
Borrowings	2,350		1,750
Reduction of borrowings	(1,096)	(1,371)	(1,617)
Dividends	(756)	(653)	(648)
Repurchases of common stock	(4,993)	(2,669)	(138)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	1,128	1,133	119
Other	(259)	(293)	(592)
Cash used in financing activities	(3,233)	(2,663)	(3,111)
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(12)	(87)	(37)
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	463	(695)	416
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	2,722	3,417	3,001
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	3,185	2,722	3,417
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest paid	377	393	485
Income taxes paid	$ 2,341	$ 2,170	$ 1,609