I recently bought a digital camera. I love it and the first time I used was my recent trip to Disneyland. I basically used the Programmed mode or Auto mode. However, what I would like to find out is what kind of settings to use to get pictures in the inside rides (the ones where flash photography is not allowed). Thanks!! Oh, my camera is a Canon PowerShot S1 IS.

It's really tough shooting inside the rides without a flash.
The light is low and you're always moving.

You can try setting it for "shutter" prefered, 1/400th and hope for the best.
You can turn off the flash, use "program" and hope for the best.

I never use flash, but then I never shoot rides.

Samples (http://homepage.mac.com/stupid_american/disneyphotos/)

Thanks!! You take very nice pictures. I tried some night time ones but seemed to get orangy blurs. Yours are so clear......any other tips for a beginner?

There should be a "white balance" adjustment, one of the neat things about digital.
Change this from "auto" or daylight, to incandesent (of flourescent if that's lighting your subject).
This will get rid of the orange.
Be sure to reset it to auto/normal before you shoot in daylight again.
If you don't, everything will be blue.

Turn off the flash.

Use a pole, rail, post, knee or whatever, to steady the camera.

My digital is the first camera that I had to read the manual.
I'm still learning stuff!

I just got a digital camera too and used it in DL. During the electrical parade everyone was taking pictures (with flash) :p . And I took one with flash and saw how ugly it turned out. So I used the nightime setting on my camera and the parade turned out so great.

If it's a Canon, I would suggest putting it on Manual "M" mode.

Now on your screen set the number on the left to "F 2.8". That is your aperture. That will let in the most light possible. As for the other number, that is your shutter speed. It's really give and take here. The faster you set it, the less likely it will blur but the picture will be darker. This could be corrected in Photoshop, but it will most likely be grainy. If you need more light, you could try a slower shutter speed but this will only result in blurrier pictures.

Thanks everyone for the responses!! Going through the owners manual sometimes makes me ask more questions than my original question. I like posting the question and getting straight forward answers. Thanks again and I am sure you will be seeing more questions!! :p