CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2012	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$ 6,173	$ 5,258	$ 4,313
Depreciation and amortization	1,987	1,841	1,713
Gains on acquisitions and dispositions	(184)	(75)	(118)
Deferred income taxes	472	127	133
Equity in the income of investees	(627)	(585)	(440)
Cash distributions received from equity investees	663	608	473
Net change in film and television costs	(52)	332	238
Equity-based compensation	408	423	391
Impairment charges	22	16	132
Other	195	188	9
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Receivables	(108)	(518)	(686)
Inventories	18	(199)	(127)
Other assets	(151)	(189)	42
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	(608)	(367)	649
Income taxes	(242)	134	(144)
Cash provided by operations	7,966	6,994	6,578
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(3,784)	(3,559)	(2,110)
Proceeds from dispositions	15	564	170
Acquisitions	(1,088)	(184)	(2,493)
Other	98	(107)	(90)
Cash used in investing activities	(4,759)	(3,286)	(4,523)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Commercial paper borrowings, net	467	393	1,190
Borrowings	3,779	2,350
Reduction of borrowings	(3,822)	(1,096)	(1,371)
Dividends	(1,076)	(756)	(653)
Repurchases of common stock	(3,015)	(4,993)	(2,669)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	1,008	1,128	1,133
Other	(326)	(259)	(293)
Cash used in financing activities	(2,985)	(3,233)	(2,663)
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(20)	(12)	(87)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	202	463	(695)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	3,185	2,722	3,417
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	3,387	3,185	2,722
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest paid	718	377	393
Income taxes paid	$ 2,630	$ 2,341	$ 2,170