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Yosemite National Park is learning a hard lesson about unintended consequences. When the National Park Service eliminated advance reservation requirements in February, officials aimed to boost visitation and make the iconic destination more accessible. The strategy worked spectacularly—perhaps too spectacularly. The first significant indicator emerged in March 2026, when Yosemite received 225,817 recreational visitors, compared […] The post Yosemite transformed into Disneyland after 1 policy change appeared first on Rolling Out .