Veils, 'Vettes & Vows at the Woodward Dream Cruise

The Woodward Dream Cruise is an annual affair that brings together classic car enthusiasts with the vehicles they love is taking place on Saturday, August 20, 2016. Thousands of classic cars will be displayed alongside and driving up and down one of Metro Detroit's iconic avenues throughout the day.  Are you taking your true love to the Woodward Dream Cruise?  No not your classic car but rather your spouse.  HAGERTY, the world's leading insurance provider for classic cars, is hosting vow renewals where you can enjoy a special moment with your husband or wife along with the classic car in your life during the Woodward Dream Cruise.

HAGERTY is recognizing the important role classic cars have played in their owners' lives by performing FREE drive-thru vow renewals from 9am to 5pm at the Central Medical Imaging parking lot (26454 Woodward Avenue  Royal Oak, MI 48067).  Show up with your significant other in your classic car during the Woodward Dream Cruise for your own special ceremony and photo-op.  Participants will receive veils and bowties, cupcakes and apple cider, and a renewal certificate to mark the occasion.

Would you say 'I do' again at the Woodward Dream Cruise?  For more information,  CLICK HERE to check out the HAGERTY Drive-Thru Vow Renewal at Woodward Dream Cruise Facebook page.

Going Car Watching: Our Roadtrip to the Woodward Dream Cruise

This year is the 20th anniversary of the WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE, an annual event in Metro Detroit that is like a combining a parade, block party and carnival together to celebrate classic cars and the area's automotive heritage.  This Saturday event gets to be very congested with more than a million people clustering along Woodward Avenue for the day and we normally feel it is a little to hectic to take our young children to, but this year I decided to take the twins over to see the cars the Friday morning before the official event to check out what was going on before all the crowds arrived.  So we took a road trip just a few blocks down the street from our house to go car watching.

I have to say taking a wander along Woodward Avenue the morning before the event was great...we saw lots of classic cars without all of the crowds.  While many of the exhibitor displays were still being setup and not all of the cars were cruising around yet we still saw a lot of cool stuff and had some great experiences.  For example, Chevrolet had just unloaded a few of the cars that were used to portray the Autobots in the movie Transformers: Age of Extinction from a tractor trailer but hadn't set up the exhibit display for them yet.  The Chevy staffers let my son jump in the original car that had been used as the stunt vehicle in the movie to portray my son's favorite Transformer, BUMBLEBEE, and pretend to take it for a spin.

Chevy did have one of its exhibits all set up where we could look at some of their different race car engines and an Indy car.  While walking around this display my kids snagged some really nice car themed color books and Crayola crayons while I got my hands on a t-shirt compliments of Chevrolet.

We also saw a Monster Truck, a few dragsters on display, and some cars drag racing down the strip.

 

You don't always need to drive far away to have a fun and exciting road trip with your kids...sometimes the adventure can just be a few blocks away.  For more information about the Woodward Dream Cruise visit www.woodwarddreamcruise.com