Press Release Summary: Many of the lodges and guest services inside Yosemite Park could be without power for the next several days. Find out who will be effected and what you can do to prepare.
Press Release Body: Yosemite Valley, CA September 2. 2008 - Many of the hotels and lodging properties in and around the valley floor in Yosemite National Park, California may be without power for the next several days.
Electrical engineers and electricity personnel will be working to accomplish repairs to many of the electric feeders which provide power to the Yosemite Valley. During this time of maintenance and repair park guests may experience up to three major power outages occurring between September 2, 2008 and September 4, 2008. These power outages could occur any time between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm each day.
The hotels and lodges most likely to be effected by these power outages include:
The Ahwahnee Hotel Yosemite Lodge at the Falls Curry Village Wawona Hotel Housekeeping Camp Tuolumne Lodge White Wolf Lodge
The Yosemite Lodge and Housekeeping Camp will not have power in any of the rooms or units.
The Awhawnee Hotel should have full power from the use of generators, but there will be no power in the cottages, and guests should still expect some temporary outages.
Curry Village cabins and tents will be without power, however Curry Village standard rooms will be on generator power.
Power generators will also be in place to supply uninterrupted power to most of the lodging front desks and the restaurants.
Guests are still welcome to book reservations at any of these lodges as long as they are aware that there will be intermittent power outages during this time. Lodges will not be offering any discounts during this time due to the power outage, and guests are welcome to change or reschedule their dates of lodging as long as they are outside of their cancellation policy. If guests are already within their period of their cancellation policy then the terms of that cancel policy do still apply.
For more details on the lodging inside Yosemite Park that will be effected by this temporary power outage, and to learn what the change and cancellation policies are for each of these lodges please visit: http://www.NationalParkReservations.com/yosemite.htm
Web Site: http://www.NationalParkReservations.com/yosemite.htm
Contact Details: National Park Reservations 6475 US Hwy 93 S. Whitefish, MT 59937 1-406-862-8190 http://www.nationalparkreservations.com ryan@nationalparkreservations.com