Extras: The food court, long a go-to dining option for families, is closed for renovations until spring (the revamp may include a controversial Starbucks).

Yosemite Valley Lodge is currently under renovation, and its new Base Camp Eatery food court, as it will be called, is where the Starbucks will occupy existing space.

Sunday, January 7, 2018 FILE - This August 2011 file photo shows Half Dome and Yosemite Valley in a view from Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park, Calif. AP Photo/Tracie Cone, File ...

Yosemite Valley Lodge received a 70% rating out of 3,766 surveys. Curry Village received a 76% rating out of 3,992 surveys. The Wawona Hotel received a 72% rating out of 1,187 surveys.

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Yosemite covers 1,169 square miles, but 95 percent of the 3.5 million or so people who visit each year don't venture out of Yosemite Valley, which is 7 miles long and 1 mile wide.

Some Yosemite National Park hotels, restaurants, stores and stables are expected to stay closed in 2020 when the California park reopens, or operate at a reduced capacity. Some employees were evicted.