Yosemite Valley Floor Tour

Great tour! A little warm so don't forget sunblock and hat that fits very snuggly on your head so it doesn't blow off. The tram goes about 25 mph and is a bit windy. With that being said we saw sooooo many awesome sites and very much appreciated our tour guide who told us about anything and everything about the valley. We had some great family time and caught some great photos. We LOVED the tour.

Our tour guide was entertaining and incredibly knowledgeable. He helped us understand the orientation of the park and gave us the history of its development. He was friendly and even stayed after the tour to help us find an appropriate hike.

What an awesome tour! The background info provided on the tram was so good & very detailed. I think I paid $35pp before any fees, which I thought was a very fair price. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable & had some interesting stories. We enjoyed so many great photo opps! I'd definitely take this tour again.

We had a great time on our tour we took the 1100 tour arrived a few hours early and enjoyed breakfast at the base camp and sat outside in the cool breeze after as we waited for our tour to begin. We picked up our tickets early at the Yosemite Valley Lodge everyone we encountered at the counter were nice the lobby was clean and people were friendly and helpful The line started to pick up closer to our tour time our tour was not as crowded as the one before us thank you very much we were able to enjoy enough room between us to not feel like we were cramped in like sardines the tour is in an open tram style tour but it's not a tram our guide was great wished I remembered her name she was very knowledgeable about Yosemite and we learned a lot from her We stopped at a couple of spots along the way where she explained to us what each of the meadows / trees do for Yosemite and the original native Indians used them for which is very informative info The tour last 2 hours and I felt was just long enough I would love to take more tours to learn more about other areas in Yosemite hopefully the other tours open up next year I would rather take a tour than adventure out on my own because I end up lost without a guide it was interesting to learn about how the hikers climb up the rocks at Yosemite it's something I would never even think about doing but much respect to anyone who attempts or makes it up We were lucky to have some great weather nice and cool a few sprinkles here and there felt great I was looking for bears / bobcat : mountain lion but never saw one I only seen a couple of squirrels and some pretty blue jays enjoy this is a place that is just is beautiful no matter how you see Yosemite

Bill the driver was great, it was so hot and crowded, he helped make it very nice, so many people parked in wrong areas and was hard for him to get through and around, even helped out at the end with an accessibility issue at the end. Tour guide was good as well.

Attendant wouldn't let us on. Tour was at 1p. We arrived at 1:02p, the tram was still parked and empty rows in front of us. She wouldn't let us on. Booked three months in advanced, it was Father's Day and traveling with my three children, wife and mother. We originally arrived at 10a, couldn't reschedule to earlier time so we waited and waited. Food at the lodge, no selection so we had to go the village. Took the shuttle and on the way back our bus broke down. Waited and waited for the next shuttle to pick us up. Shuttle dropped us off, but we still had to rush to the lodge, running full steam with young children and a senior coming toward the front of the tram. Attendant still didn't care. "No refunds, but I can reschedule you til 2." Where was that the option earlier? Tram drives off and after three hours of trying the fill the time we were not waiting any longer with small children, for us to to blow up the rest of day and stretch this out even longer for them to take our money on their terms. She holds steadfast with no refund. Continued stalling from attendant, she's goes to speak to her lead, who doesn't bother to address me either, until she finally comes out and refund was granted (which has yet to be seen). The time it took for all of this charade, the folks could have just let us on. We were late. A series of unfortunate chain events and it left us without many options. But my point here, they had an opportunity to help turn things around if they only cared (over a couple of minutes, which she held for us until 1:02, which apparently was over at 2 min and some arbitrary number of seconds past). They didn't. Simple as that, never mind that we traveled far, or that we had planned for months, or that we had kids eager to ride the tram. What an impression they could have had, what an opportunity to make someone's day, what potential memories could have been had. This person didn't care. It was just another transaction. Not my problem and I don't care attitude. But I guess overall, we did get an impression, a memory, and it did ruin our day. Thanks for instilling this non empathetic moment in our family and kids' memories. Kudos to you Yosemite Valley Lodge, for making things worse and showing how much you cared about educating and taking care of families. "Yosemite Hospitality" you say...for what it's worth it's one review and most people won't care if it works out for them, but word of mouth here is you should pass and we will continue to let others know.

We went to Yosemite Valley for the first time, and the Yosemite Valley Floor Tour was a great introduction to the valley. We booked a 6pm tour on our first day there and it was a great way for us to get familiar with the valley . The tour was 2 hours and the tour guide took us to see all the major sights in the valley. With everything we learned, it helped a lot with our navigation of the area when we were exploring on our own. I highly recommend everyone to take the tour for their first day in Yosemite Valley.

Spent $240 on Valley floor tour and brought my grandparents with limited mobility. Was turned away at the entrance of the park because of a new rule that you have to make reservations for your vehicle to enter the park. They will sell you tickets to the tour but that WILL NOT allow you access to the park. My grandparents and I were turned away and was told I just needed to call and reschedule, NOPE! Emily from customer service was rude, short and not helpful. We even drove back to the Valley Lodge to get a shuttle that would take us on the site, the shuttle was supposed to arrive at 1:01pm and by 2:00 my 90 year old grandfather got sick from sitting in the sun waiting we had to leave. DO NOT BUY THE TOUR TICKETS THEY WILL SELL THEM TO YOU EVEN IF THEIR CAR REVERVATIONS LIST IS FULL!!!!!!

Nice 2 hr ride through Yosemite Valley. Our park ranger tour guide Taylor was great and very informative. Had two stops at Bridalveil falls and tunnel view. Someone passing through the tunnel took an awesome pic of our tram turning into the parking lot for tunnel view.

We booked the 10am tour for 4 of us - our one full day in Yosemite. We managed to miss the turn for the Valley Lodge first time around and only arrived just before 10am - our mistake, no question. Still, we got our tickets while my brother was parking the car, and all seemed to go to plan. At 10.01 my brother still hadn't arrived, and the driver said he couldn't wait. We explained that my brother was on the way, that I'd come all the way from England... no dice. By 10.02 he said he couldn't wait a second longer. We got off the bus, and he left without us. No refund, of course. The young woman at the desk in the Lodge did try to book us onto the 2pm tour, but it was already full. She didn't apologise, and she didn't tell us about the shuttle bus - we managed to figure that out for ourselves. All in all, an infuriating and most disappointing start to the day. So... whatever you do, don't be a minute late!