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**htrdharley** · June 27, 2016, 05:07 AM

This is a little side trip but well worth it: www.gilmorecarmuseum.org/

I stopped there on PT a few years ago. It takes a full day, but is the best museum I have ever been to.

**quick 52** · June 28, 2016, 01:26 PM

Park at the Royal Oak memorial park for $40.00 includes Fri. and Sat. ... Call Sandy at 865-233-7622...

**cstmwgn** · June 28, 2016, 02:28 PM

Originally posted by quick 52 View Post

Park at the Royal Oak memorial park for $40.00 includes Fri. and Sat. ... Call Sandy at 865-233-7622...

Thanks Dale.

I believe you stay at the Shell - is that already sold out?

**quick 52** · June 28, 2016, 06:52 PM

Originally posted by cstmwgn View Post

Thanks Dale.

I believe you stay at the Shell - is that already sold out?

Not sure what's happening with the Shell it was sold and is shut down.. Car's are still parking there over the week end I was there last Fri.

**55lincoln** · July 3, 2016, 04:54 AM

all the crowds for Back to the Bricks are Saturday there was a cruise last year on Friday but very disorganized Saturday was great tho

**Vsolo** · July 10, 2016, 05:52 PM

Got a late notice from a friend to go to the 50th Anniversary of the Camaro & the Woodward Dream cruise.

I'm a nOOb on the Dream Cruise but have my trip planned out with a friend & his kids.

On the 17th I'll be in Lansing, MI 48917, at the Red Roof for the GM Camaro Factory Fest.

The 18th to the 20th we will be at the Double Tree down by Dearborn.

I'm trying to figure out what is where , etc , The Dream Cruise Web Site is not very helpful.

Is the 11 to 15 miles from our hotel to the different venues that crazy to get to as I've heard ?

Thank in advance for any info

**cstmwgn** · July 11, 2016, 07:26 AM

Here is what I know from my last visit.
Woodward from the Detroit Zoo (8 mile I think) to Pontiac will be a parking lot on Saturday. However, it was my experience that the side streets were not very bad so you can get around pretty easy EXCEPT on Woodward. Friday wasn't too bad at all. It got busier on Friday night but still no where near as bad as Saturday. Pontiac was more burnout friendly and less congested than the townships farther south.

**papasmurf587** · August 4, 2016, 05:19 PM

I've been to the Woodward Dream Cruise many times, I don't take my GTO (we always rent either a Camaro, Mustang or Challenger) so "on Woodward" parking is not a priority. Most of the businesses that have parking charge from $50 to $100 and are already spoken for. It is a "cruise" so there are cars coming and going all the time, so if you're lucky you can slip into a parking spot as it becomes available. I have had good luck finding a spot on Woodward but usually later in the evening. KEEP IN MIND, THE POLICE SHUT IT DOWN BETWEEN 9PM AND 10PM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. Then about 11pm cars start to come back for some higher speed crusing. I have always found "off Woodward" parking one to two blocks off Woodward in the neighborhoods, stay above 9 mile road and the neighborhoods are pretty nice. Just observe the signs people post who don't want you in front of their house. Another tip, if you are trying to bypass Woodward to get around some of the congestion, Woodward runs in a North Westerly direction and all the side streets run North/South and East/West, you might get off Woodward one block over and when you go to get back on Woodward you may be 6 or 8 blocks away.

PS It is absolutely amazing to watch the police clear thousands of cars off Woodward in a half hour...... it is well worth sticking around to watch.

Hope this helps, this is a must do event, they claim 30,000 cars and I can't prove 'em wrong. John.