Impact of Consolidating Income Statements of International Theme Parks (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011		Jan. 01, 2011
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 10,779	[1]	$ 10,716	[1]
Cost and expenses	(8,587)		(8,776)
Restructuring and impairment charges	(6)		(12)
Other income			75
Net interest expense	(90)		(95)
Equity in the income of investees	145		156
Income before income taxes	2,241		2,064
Income taxes	(720)		(730)
Net income	1,521		1,334
Before International Theme Parks Consolidation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues	10,218	[2]
Cost and expenses	(8,053)	[2]
Restructuring and impairment charges	(6)	[2]
Other income		[2]
Net interest expense	(71)	[2]
Equity in the income of investees	151	[2]
Income before income taxes	2,239	[2]
Income taxes	(720)	[2]
Net income	1,519	[2]
International Theme Parks and Adjustments
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Revenues	561
Cost and expenses	(534)
Other income
Net interest expense	(19)
Equity in the income of investees	(6)
Income before income taxes	2
Net income	$ 2

[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 increases/(decreases) related to these allocations on segment revenues and operating income as reported in the above table are as follows: Quarter Ended Dec. 31, 2011 Jan. 1, 2011 Studio Entertainment $ 76 $ 73 Consumer Products (76 ) (72) Interactive Media - (1) $- $ -

[2] These amounts include the International Theme Parks under the equity method of accounting. As such, royalty and management fee income from these operations is included in Revenues and our share of their net income/(loss) is included in Equity in the income of investees. There were no royalties and management fees recognized for the quarter ended December 31, 2011.