Daytona Beach Dream Cruise, car and truck show, 4th weekend of Oct. each year

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Fri. Oct. 21 - 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sat. Oct. 22 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m "Check-in & Photo Shoot for Collector Cars & Trucks" behind The Bermuda House Hotel at 2560 N. Atlantic Ave. (A1A), Daytona Beach 32118 - This year to make things more convenient for participants with collector cars, vehicle check-in can be done either Friday or Saturday, not just one day as in the past. If you don't check-in your collector vehicle on Friday between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., you should plan to do so Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Again this year, we're minimizing the time cars are in line, but we need to position each car properly so it will be pictured optimally with the ideal beach & ocean background in its photo. To accommodate more collector cars & trucks checking in this year, we're allowing participants to checkin and be photographed many more hours this year by doing this both Friday & Saturday. Bring your collector car to check-in and get its free photo taken whichever day is most convenient for you. Friday's check-in and photo shooting will begin at 11:00 a.m., the same time as the start of the kickoff gathering in the same area of N. Atlantic Avenue so when you come to the kickoff, plan on also checking in and getting your free Official Keepsake Photo shot up until 5: 00 p.m. Friday.

Getting to the Check-in Spot - To check-in your collector car or truck and get its free picture taken, turn into the northern-most of the two driveways in front of The Bermuda House Hotel (2560 N. Atlantic Ave.) and drive toward the ocean where you'll get keepsake items and be posed for your vehicle's Official Keepsake Photo. After your photo is shot, you'll easily exit the hotel parking lot using the hotel's southern driveway, turning north onto A1A. Below is a photo of The Bermuda House Hotel viewed from across the street looking to the east. The driveway you'll enter for check-in is toward the left side of this picture. The best way to enter this driveway will be to be heading north on A1A and as soon as you pass the LaPlaya Resort on the right, the next hotel you'll come to will be The Bermuda House. They have three driveways. Don't turn into the first one you come to which will be where already-checked-in cars will be exiting. Instead, you'll want to turn right into the third Bermuda House driveway where you'll be greeted and advised how to proceed.

Here's what happens at check-in - Check-in, like all elements of the Daytona Beach Dream Cruise is free. There's no registration fee. When each collector / special interest car or truck arrives at check-in, we'll hand the driver a photo info card and a pen. Each driver (or passenger if that person has better printing) will fill out this photo info card and give it to the photographer when the photo is shot, so we'll have name, address and vehicle identifying details. All collector / special interest cars and trucks are entitled to get their official event photo shot at this location, whether or not registered online in advance, but we will only shoot these photos between 11:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Fri., Oct. 21 or between 8:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 22. At check-in, we will also hand out a printed schedule showing what will be happening, when & where. Also at check-in, we'll give each owner a nice commemorative windshield sticker.

Check-in only one time per vehicle - Bring your collector car or truck to the check-in / photo shooting area whenever it's most convenient for you but please bring it there only one time this weekend. If you have more than one collector car or truck, you may bring as many as you want through check-in and the photo shoot. You can have other people drive one or more of your special vehicles if you want. All we ask is that for a given vehicle, have it come to check-in only one time during the weekend.  You can come through different days with different collector cars or trucks if you wish.

Beach / Ocean Background of Official Keepsake Photos First Time This Year - This year's digitally enhanced Official Keepsake Photo given to each collector car & truck that comes through checkin (during daylight hours, Friday or Saturday) will be quite different from each of the prior year photos. This year for the first time, collector cars & trucks will be photographed with the beach and ocean behind them, giving each photo a nice special background. Don't worry! You won't have to drive on the sand or get into salt water. You'll be in the paved parking lot behind The Bermuda House Oceanfront Hotel when you checkin and get the photo shot. We'll shoot the fantastic free digitally enhanced Official Keepsake Photo of your collector car whichever day you come to this check-in location during the hours 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday or 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday.  By mid-December, we will mail each owner their free digitally-enhanced photo. We'll provide the envelope and we'll even cover the cost of postage, thanks to NAPA Auto Parts sponsoring 2011's Official Keepsake Photos.

NAPA Auto Parts is the Official Keepsake Photo Sponsor for the 2011 Daytona Beach Dream Cruise making it possible for owners of participating collector cars & trucks to get their vehicle's really nice photo totally free.

Terrific free digitally enhanced Daytona Beach Dream Cruise Official Keepsake Photos for 2011 are made possible by NAPA Auto Parts. Their local store is at 945 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, 32114. You may phone this local store at (386) 258-6188. Click on the NAPA Auto Parts logo above for locator page directing you to all NAPA stores.
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Fri. Oct. 21 - 7:30 p.m. to approx 9:00 p.m - "Friday Night's Free Car Theme Movie, on a Big Outdoor Screen" - at the LaPlaya Resort & Suites - on the pool deck behind the hotel at 2500 N. Atlantic Ave. (A1A), Daytona Beach 32118 - You're in for a treat with a terrific drag racing film to be shown on a big outdoor screen, tonight featuring recent nostalgia drag racing action by your favorite older-style drag cars, many being from the 1960's. While there are lots of lounge chairs on the pool deck, there are certain to be far more people viewing the film than LaPlaya-furnished seats so plan on bringing your folding chairs or blankets to comfortably watch the evening's car theme film. If you like drag racing from the 1960's, you're really in for a treat. Everyone will have a great time Friday, Oct. 21st, with lots of collector cars & trucks cruising A1A. Your fun Friday night will conclude with a terrific nostalgia drag racing film on the pool deck of the LaPlaya Resort & Suites - all free! Remember, this year for the first time, you can check-in and get your collector car's free Official Keepsake Photo shot on Friday as well as Saturday, and it's being done at The Bermuda House Hotel, which is immediately north of the LaPlaya Resort & Suites.

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Sat. Oct. 22 - 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. "Check-in & Photo Shoot for Collector Cars & Trucks" behind The Bermuda House Hotel at 2560 N. Atlantic Ave.(A1A), Daytona Beach 32118  This year to make things more convenient for participants with collector cars, vehicle check-in can be done either Friday or Saturday, not just one day as in the past. If you don't check-in your collector vehicle on Friday between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., you should plan to do so Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Again this year, we're minimizing the time cars are in line, but we need to position each car properly so it will be pictured optimally with the ideal beach & ocean background in its photo. To accommodate more collector cars & trucks checking in this year, we're allowing participants to checkin and be photographed many more hours this year by doing this both Friday & Saturday.

Getting to the Check-in Spot - To check-in your collector car or truck and get its free picture taken, turn into the northern-most of the two driveways in front of The Bermuda House Hotel (2560 N. Atlantic Ave.) and drive toward the ocean where you'll get keepsake items and be posed for your vehicle's Official Keepsake Photo. After your photo is shot, you'll easily exit the hotel parking lot using the hotel's southern driveway, turning north onto A1A. Below is a photo of The Bermuda House Hotel viewed from across the street looking to the east. The driveway you'll enter for check-in is toward the left side of this picture. The best way to enter this driveway will be to be heading north on A1A and as soon as you pass the LaPlaya Resort on the right, the next hotel you'll come to will be The Bermuda House. They have three driveways. Don't turn into the first one you come to which will be where already-checked-in cars will be exiting. Instead, you'll want to turn right into the third Bermuda House driveway where you'll be greeted and advised how to proceed.

Here's what happens at check-in - Check-in, like all elements of the Daytona Beach Dream Cruise is free. There's no registration fee. When each collector / special interest car or truck arrives at check-in, we'll hand the driver a photo info card and a pen. Each driver (or passenger if that person has better printing) will fill out this photo info card and give it to the photographer when the photo is shot, so we'll have name, address and vehicle identifying details. All collector / special interest cars and trucks are entitled to get their official event photo shot at this location, whether or not registered online in advance, but we will only shoot these photos between 11:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Fri., Oct. 21 or between 8:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 22. At check-in, we will also hand out a printed schedule showing what will be happening, when & where. Also at check-in, we'll give each owner a nice commemorative windshield sticker.

Check-in only one time per vehicle - Bring your collector car or truck to the check-in / photo shooting area whenever it's most convenient for you but please bring it there only one time this weekend. If you have more than one collector car or truck, you may bring as many as you want through check-in and the photo shoot. You can have other people drive one or more of your special vehicles if you want. All we ask is that for a given vehicle, have it come to check-in only one time during the weekend.  You can come through different days with different collector cars or trucks if you wish.

Beach / Ocean Background of Official Keepsake Photos First Time This Year - This year's digitally enhanced Official Keepsake Photo given to each collector car & truck that comes through checkin (during daylight hours, Friday or Saturday) will be quite different from each of the prior year photos. This year for the first time, collector cars & trucks will be photographed with the beach and ocean behind them, giving each photo a nice special background. Don't worry! You won't have to drive on the sand or get into salt water. You'll be in the paved parking lot behind The Bermuda House Oceanfront Hotel when you checkin and get the photo shot. We'll shoot the fantastic free digitally enhanced Official Keepsake Photo of your collector car whichever day you come to this check-in location during the hours 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday or 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday. By mid-December, we will mail each owner their free digitally-enhanced photo. We'll provide the envelope and we'll even cover the cost of postage, thanks to NAPA Auto Parts sponsoring 2011's Official Keepsake Photos.

NAPA Auto Parts is the Official Keepsake Photo Sponsor for the 2011 Daytona Beach Dream Cruise making it possible for owners of participating collector cars & trucks to get their vehicle's really nice photo totally free.



Terrific free digitally enhanced Daytona Beach Dream Cruise Official Keepsake Photos for 2011 are made possible by NAPA Auto Parts. Their local store is at 945 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, 32114. You may phone this local store at (386) 258-6188. Click on the NAPA Auto Parts logo above for locator page directing you to all NAPA stores.
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Sat. Oct. 22 - 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. "The A1A Displays" - Huge Gatherings of Collector Cars & Trucks at various locations in the 2400 to 2700 block of N. Atlantic Ave., and at other nearby businesses welcoming collector car displays. Come out and display your collector car or truck with and have a great time with thousands of other enthusiasts who like these special vehicles. You're encouraged to display your collector car or truck wherever you wish and cruise when and where you desire.

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Sat. Oct. 22 - Morning, afternoon & evening "Meet Faith Granger and See her Deuce of Spades '32 Ford roadster" Faith Granger, who produced, directed and starred in the film "Deuce of Spades" that was seen by Daytona Beach Dream Cruise attendees in 2009 & 2010 in test screenings, will be here with her great hot rod, also a star of the film, for everyone to meet. She and her car will be in the 2400 to 2700 block of A1A morning and afternoon. She will also be in the area for Daytona Beach Dream Cruise fans to meet her and see her car Saturday evening at a location to be determined later. When you meet Faith, you'll be able to purchase the "Deuce of Spades" DVD and get her to sign it. This is a terrific opportunity since the "Deuce of Spades" DVD wasn't yet available in 2009 and 2010. Look for the "Deuce of Spades" exhibit.



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Sat. Oct. 22 - Any time prior to 3:00 p.m. "Cruise whenever and wherever you desire" It's suggested that when you want to cruise, arrange to do so with other car enthusiasts since cruising with those you know and vehicle types you're fond of will be the most fun for you.

When you're cruising, please drive responsively, and do not exceed posted speed limits. Keep safety in mind at all times. The best way for everyone to enjoy the 2011 Daytona Beach Dream Cruise is for no one to get hurt and for no vehicles to get damaged, and the way to assure this is for everyone to be safety-minded. Have fun, but do it safely. If car clubs are planning to cruise at specific times and to/from predetermined locations, they are asked to please advise Event Director Rick D'Louhy at Rick@daytonabeachdreamcruise.com or 386-672-1861so he'll know the grand scope of what's happening at this big event, so clubs with similar vehicles and interests can potentially coordinate their activities.
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Sat. Oct. 22 - Beginning at 3:00 p.m. "Cruise South to Ponce Inlet" for late afternoon & evening fun at Ponce Inlet venues - No one will get lost duing this cruise since Ponce Inlet is a direct shot south on A1A (which is N. Atlantic Ave in some areas & S. Atlantic Ave. in other places) just over 13 miles from Bellair Plaza (the 2500/2700 block of N. Atlantic Ave. in Daytona Beach) to the right turn on Inlet Harbor Rd. in Ponce Inlet. As you approach Dunlawton Ave., be aware that A1A turns to the west. Disregard that A1A sign and simply go straight, continuing south on S. Atlantic Ave. to Inlet Harbor Rd. It can't get any easier than this.
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Sat. Oct. 22 - 3:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. "Sock Hop at the Hatch"  - Again in 2011, for the fourth straight year, Daytona Beach Dream Cruise participants have the opportunity to enjoy this fun gathering featuring live entertainment on the river deck by heading to a terrific restaurant, Down the Hatch Seafood Company, 4894 Front St., Ponce Inlet, 32127 Phone 386-761-4831

If cruising here directly from the vicinity of the LaPlaya Resort & Suites and the Bermuda House Hotel in Daytona Beach, take Atlantic Ave. south 13.9 miles to Beach St. in Ponce Inlet. Beach St. is the first stop sign you'll come to and you'll turn right there and follow Beach St. two blocks to the Hatch, at the River. Since so many people had a great time at the "Sock Hop at the Hatch" during the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Daytona Beach Dream Cruise, this gathering is back by popular demand. The staff will select winning vehicles in several categories. There will also be fun contests and enticing food and beverage specials. If you wish to travel from Down the Hatch to Inlet Harbor Restaurant, you'll travel just over a half mile north on S. Peninsula Dr.
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Sat. Oct. 22 - Begin to gather at 4:00 p.m. for tonight's 7:30 p.m. car theme movie starting time - "Saturday night's Free Car Theme Movie, Outdoors on a Big Screen" - at Inlet Harbor Restaurant. New this year, we are proud to have an additional fun venue in Ponce Inlet participate in the Daytona Beach Dream Cruise by hosting this special activity. The movie this evening will be different from Friday night's movie. Tonight you'll enjoy exciting vintage drag racing action shot in the 1960's featuring your favorite cars running back then. Inlet Harbor Restaurant , 133 Inlet Harbor Rd., Ponce Inlet, 32127 Phone 386-767-5590



If cruising here directly from the vicinity of the LaPlaya Resort & Suites and the Bermuda House Hotel in Daytona Beach, take Atlantic Ave. south 13.5 miles to Inlet Harbor Rd. where you'll turn right and drive just over a half mile straight to Inlet Harbor Restaurant. If you wish to travel from Inlet Harbor Restaurant to Down the Hatch, you'll travel just over a half mile south on S. Peninsula Dr.
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Sun. Oct. 23 - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. "Blue Grotto Blast" - Big morning & afternoon gathering at Blue Grotto, 125 Basin St., Daytona Beach 32114 downtown off Beach St., south of Orange Ave. This great dining and dancing establishment features a unique, stunning decor plus a terrific outdoor bar and deck jutting into the Halifax Harbor Marina. Lots of Dream Cruise participants will want to come early (it's fine to arrive before 10:00 a.m.) to display their cool cars & trucks at this great location with tall palms, nice grass areas for collector vehicle parking, and a great view of the boats. Blue Grotto will have what you want for breakfast/lunch/liquid refreshment at reasonable prices. At the 3:00 p.m. conclusion of this fun, special gathering, Blue Grotto will give away lots of cash as they did in 2009 and 2010, and there will be other great prizes as well. Each of the past two years, ten lucky winners who merely filled out a free entry form each won $100.00 cash, and five lucky people also won gift certificates from National Parts Depot at this venue on Sunday. Blue Grotto is a splendid place for eating, drinking and relaxing in a unique atmosphere, so plan on a great midday experience and be here Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 for your chance to be one of ten lucky people who will each win $100.00 cash at the 3:00 p.m. drawing. Just announced Oct. 12th - This "Blue Grotto Blast" gathering is starting at 9:00 a.m., an hour earlier than originally announced. Blue Grotto will be offering a terrific, affordable breakfast from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to accommodate people arriving early. This year, there are no other activities planned after this big "Blue Grotto Blast" so don't hurry off after the drawings at 3:00 p.m. This is a great place to hang out in a relaxing way after the 2011 Daytona Beach Dream Cruise.

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Sun. Oct. 23 - 9:00 am - 3:00 p.m. "Meet Faith Granger and See her Deuce of Spades '32 Ford roadster at the Blue Grotto Blast" Faith Granger, who produced, directed and starred in the film "Deuce of Spades" that was seen by Daytona Beach Dream Cruise attendees in 2009 & 2010 in test screenings, will be here with her great hot rod, also a star of the film, for everyone to meet. Meet her and see her car adjacent to Blue Grotto, the scenic location where her film was seen the past two years. When you meet Faith, you'll be able to purchase the "Deuce of Spades" DVD and get her to sign it. This is a terrific opportunity since the "Deuce of Spades" DVD wasn't yet available in 2009 and 2010. Look for the "Deuce of Spades" exhibit.

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Trailer Parking - Participants bringing a collector car in a trailer to the Daytona Beach Dream Cruise who are needing a place to park their trailer should check with Event Director Rick D'Louhy at Rick@daytonabeachdreamcruise.com or 386-672-1861.

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Driving on the Beach - This is not an official activity of the Daytona Beach Dream Cruise. However, in order to help anyone who wishes to drive on the beach during this event, we've prepared a document showing times for high & low tides and times for sunrise & sunset all three days of the event, plus beach ramp details, beach toll details and beach rules & regulations. For info about driving on the sands of area beaches this weekend, click the two document links below, the first including times of tides, sunset, etc. for the dates of this year's Dream Cruise, and the second being the official handout from Volusia County with beach information and a map showing beach ramp locations and other helpful information.

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