Ford Rouge Factory Tour

A nice experience. Very interesting to see how the F-150 is made. You can't take pictures until you get to the viewing deck where you'll get an interesting presentation on how Ford 8s making the plant environmentally friendly.

Good tour for the price. Only F-150’s being made. No photos allowed in the factory and first two parts of the tour.

Tickets for the tour can be bought from Ford Museum/Greenfield Village entrance, but be aware: it takes at least two hours to finnish the tour (although you can leave when you want), so if you arrive late at the site you won't be able to do all three of them. The tickets are valid for several days, so you can visit one at a time. It takes about 20 minutes to reach the factory by bus, which leaves from the front of the Ford Museum. The tour is comprised of 5 stations: history of Ford Factory movie, car production presentation, overview of the factory from up above, the actual factory tour (you get to walk through some corridors above the factory lines) and a hall in which some symbol-cars of the company are exhibited. You can't take pictures anywhere except for the overview deck.

This was definitely the highlight of my visit to the greater Detroit area. We booked the factory tour online 2 weeks ahead of time and parking was included as an additional cost. When we arrived, we found a spot pretty close to the Welcome Center and made our way to the bus pickup location. If you arrive ahead of your time, they will try to get you included on an earlier tour. The ride to the factory seemed long but it was worth it. No pictures were allowed but the tour was amazing and well thought out. The video at the beginning was informative and kept everyone’s attention. Production was halted for the day but we were still allowed to walk and see the production lines. It was really cool, so I can only imagine how much more we wouldn’t have enjoyed it if we had seen some real action. I’d love to go again and highly recommend!

Wow! This was an extraordinary experience for me and the whole family. The 3D movie, history movie and factory tour were amazing, staff explained very nicely and we're so friendly.
Bus ride was right on time.
We tried going to the museum and the village after the factory tour, it was a bit too much for one day. I recommend choosing 2 out of the 3 if you are traveling with little ones
Tour was fully accessible with the baby stroller.

Awesome Tour. This is our first time visiting an assembly plant. You get to see how F150 is built, in front of your eyes. Photos are not allowed inside the plant. No time limit, you can watch the assembly line for the whole day if you like. 10 mins bus ride from main visitor centre.

Great museum. I didn't do outside as it was raining, but the normal and limited museum exhibitions are always worthy of a visit. The things to do and see are fairly varied, from cars to art.

I took the factory tour on July 3rd, and it was worth every penny!
Make sure you get here with some time to spare beforehand (I would recommend 20min before the shuttle departure), as there can be some distance from the parking area to the shuttle bus station, depending on where you park. I miscalculated and missed my initial bus; although the staff was kind enough to exchange my ticket for the next one, it is not guaranteed.

The tour is very well organized. It goes like this: Bus to factory – standard theatre (history of Ford and the factory) – immersive theatre (super cool) – observation deck (you can stay for longer after the initial explanation to read the panels and ask questions) – actual factory visit (self-guided walk-around with staff members/volunteers posted at key points) – ground floor exhibit, gift shop and Living Lab tour.

The overall experience was very novel and exciting, especially as someone with an interest in transportation but not from a STEM background. It was a pity that the factory workers were on a scheduled weeklong break during my visit, so I couldn’t see the factory production in action, but good for the workers! Nevertheless, it was cool to walk around the factory and see all the still machinery. I wish there were more signs along the walking route to explain what we were seeing. I found that some staff knew more than the others, so perhaps more training would be nice.

I would recommend asking for the Living Lab tour at the end. The tour was not proactively offered; I only knew about it from the website. Upon asking for it, the staff team did find a young, cheerful guide, who gave my group a private tour to show us the gardens, the factory’s environmental and sustainability initiatives, and even the failed solar panels. It was really cool to see the successes and failures and the implications of the factory and the initiatives on the environment.

In all, we spent about 3 hours from boarding the bus to getting off the bus back at the Henry Ford, and perhaps 3.5 hours in total when taking into account the time for parking, gift shop, waiting for the bus, etc. It’s a huge and fascinating place so budget enough time to fully take in the experience.

Note that photography is not allowed in the actual factory, so don’t expect to take cool shots of the production!