Borrowings Including the Impact of Interest Rate Swaps Designated as Hedges (Detail) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 01, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2010 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Commercial paper borrowings USD ($)		Oct. 02, 2010 Commercial paper borrowings USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Maximum U.S. medium-term notes	Oct. 01, 2011 U.S. medium-term notes USD ($)		Oct. 02, 2010 U.S. medium-term notes USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 U.S. medium-term notes Minimum	Oct. 01, 2011 European medium-term notes USD ($)		Oct. 02, 2010 European medium-term notes USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Other foreign currency denominated debt USD ($)		Oct. 02, 2010 Other foreign currency denominated debt USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Capital Cities/ABC debt USD ($)		Oct. 02, 2010 Capital Cities/ABC debt USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Other borrowings USD ($)		Oct. 02, 2010 Other borrowings USD ($)		Oct. 01, 2011 Caisse des Depots et Consignations Loans Disneyland Paris borrowings USD ($)		Oct. 02, 2010 Caisse des Depots et Consignations Loans Disneyland Paris borrowings USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Credit Facilities and Other Disneyland Paris borrowings USD ($)		Oct. 01, 2011 Credit Facilities and Other Disneyland Paris borrowings EUR (€)		Oct. 02, 2010 Credit Facilities and Other Disneyland Paris borrowings USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Other advances Disneyland Paris borrowings USD ($)		Oct. 02, 2010 Other advances Disneyland Paris borrowings USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Senior and Other Borrowings Hong Kong Disneyland borrowings USD ($)		Oct. 01, 2011 Senior and Other Borrowings Hong Kong Disneyland borrowings HKD		Oct. 02, 2010 Senior and Other Borrowings Hong Kong Disneyland borrowings USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Total borrowings USD ($)		Oct. 01, 2011 Long Term Debt, Current Portion USD ($)		Oct. 01, 2011 Long Term Debt Noncurrent USD ($)		Oct. 01, 2011 Disneyland Paris borrowings USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2010 Disneyland Paris borrowings USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Parent Company USD ($)		Oct. 02, 2010 Parent Company USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Euro Disney (ED) and Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) USD ($)		Oct. 02, 2010 Euro Disney (ED) and Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings	$ 13,977.0	$ 12,480.0	$ 1,583.0		$ 1,190.0		$ 8,400.0		$ 6,815.0		$ 91.0		$ 273.0	$ 1,020.0		$ 965.0	$ 114.0		$ 115.0	$ 458.0	[1]	$ 536.0	[1]	$ 1,440.0		$ 1,417.0	$ 116.0		€ 85.0		$ 228.0	$ 425.0		$ 468.0	$ 330.0		2,600.0		$ 473.0							$ 1,981.0	$ 2,113.0	$ 11,666.0		$ 9,894.0	$ 2,311.0		$ 2,586.0
Less current portion	3,055	2,350
Total long-term borrowings	10,922	10,130
Borrowings, Stated Interest Rate			0.15%	[2]			4.84%	[2]			1.65%	[2]		0.86%	[2]		8.75%	[2]						5.04%	[2]		4.55%	[2]	4.55%	[2]		3.04%	[2]		3.25%	[2]	3.25%	[2]		3.80%	[2]	2.69%	[2]					3.68%	[2]		4.39%	[2]
Interest rate and Cross-Currency Swaps, Pay Floating							1,050	[3]			91	[3]		1,020	[3]																									2,161	[3]	50	[3]	2,111	[3]			2,161	[3]
Interest rate and Cross-Currency Swaps, Pay Fixed				[3]				[3]				[3]			[3]			[3]			[1],[3]				[3]			[3]					[3]			[3]					[3]		[3]		[3]				[3]			[3]
Borrowings, Effective Interest Rate			0.15%	[4]			3.87%	[4]			0.87%	[4]		0.79%	[4]		6.09%	[4]						5.11%	[4]		5.83%	[4]	5.83%	[4]		3.10%	[4]		2.81%	[4]	2.81%	[4]		3.21%	[4]	2.17%	[4]					2.94%	[4]		4.45%	[4]
Swap Maturities, year						2018				2012	2013			2013

[1] Includes market value adjustments for debt with qualifying hedges totaling $284 million and $315 million at October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010, respectively.

[2] The stated interest rate represents the weighted-average coupon rate for each category of borrowings. For floating rate borrowings, interest rates are based upon the rates at October 1, 2011; these rates are not necessarily an indication of future interest rates.

[3] Amounts represent notional values of interest rate and cross-currency swaps as of October 1, 2011.

[4] The effective interest rate includes the impact of existing and terminated interest rate and cross-currency swaps on the stated rate of interest and reflects the estimated market interest rate for certain Disneyland Paris borrowings as of the time that they were modified during the 2005 Financial Restructuring. Other adjustments to the stated interest rate such as purchase accounting adjustments and debt issuance costs did not have a material impact on the overall effective interest rate.