Changes in Outstanding Restricted Stock Unit Grants (Detail) (Restricted Stock Units, USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010	Jan. 01, 2010
Number of RSUs
Outstanding beginning balance	7,900,000
Granted	2,600,000
Distributed	(2,900,000)
Forfeited	(300,000)
Outstanding ending balance	7,300,000	[1]	7,900,000
Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding beginning balance (per unit)	$ 30
Granted (per unit)	$ 40		$ 27	$ 19
Distributed (per unit)	$ 29
Forfeited (per unit)	$ 32
Outstanding ending balance (per unit)	$ 33	[1]	$ 30
MVW Employee
Number of RSUs
Outstanding ending balance	700,000

[1] Includes 0.7 million Marriott RSUs held by MVW employees.