We stayed at Far View Lodge 3 days into the government shutdown. The park was 90% closed, so the great location in the park wasn't really an advantage. We had an excellent dinner in the restaurant (thank you to Laramie & Julian), but the breakfast buffet was ordinary and overpriced (and a quarter mile from the lodge) and the other employees seemed disinterested in being there, and were neither friendly nor very helpful. DONT believe their "full services available" claim. The lounge was closed, the main dining served only dinner, and we got zero housekeeping during our stay. All in all, a disappointment, and certainly so at the price. Maybe they'd be better under normal circumstances, but... I just don't have much confidence .