| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 2421404 - Disclosure - Pension and Other Benefit Programs - Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Detail) (http://corporate.disney.go.com/role/PensionAndOtherBenefitProgramsNetPeriodicBenefitCostDetail) |
| Table | Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001001039 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012-09-30 - 2013-09-28 | 2011-10-02 - 2012-09-29 | 2010-10-03 - 2011-10-01 | ||||
| Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | ||||
| Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member] | Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member] | Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member] | |
Service costs | 349,000,000 | 18,000,000 | 278,000,000 | 21,000,000 | 293,000,000 | 18,000,000 |
Interest costs | 433,000,000 | 66,000,000 | 440,000,000 | 74,000,000 | 411,000,000 | 66,000,000 |
Expected return on plan assets | (604,000,000) | (30,000,000) | (514,000,000) | (23,000,000) | (440,000,000) | (24,000,000) |
Amortization of prior year service costs | 10,000,000 | (2,000,000) | 12,000,000 | (2,000,000) | 14,000,000 | (1,000,000) |
Recognized net actuarial loss | 418,000,000 | 40,000,000 | 309,000,000 | 31,000,000 | 230,000,000 | 9,000,000 |
Net periodic benefit cost | 606,000,000 | 92,000,000 | 525,000,000 | 101,000,000 | 508,000,000 | 68,000,000 |