Grizzy RV in West Yellowstone

kedanie wrote:
Never said FB was nicer than Grizzly, just less expensive. For us, staying in the park allows more time to see Yellowstone rather than driving in and out everyday. Are you there to see Yellowstone National Park or the tourist trap filled West Yellowstone? Bears in a cage, movie screens and restaurants have no appeal if you are truly interested in the national park. If that is what you are interested in, save all the driving and go to Disneland.

Keith

Less expensive is somewhat dependent on the makeup of your group. At Fishing Bridge, you get two shower tokens per day. If you have a family of six, you have to purchase 4 additional tokens. Fishing Bridge charges a utility fee as well as taxes. Everything in the park is more expensive than it is in the outlying communities. Things like gas, groceries, restaurant food all cost more inside the park than they do outside. At Fishing Bridge, you can forget having any television reception. There is no over the air reception anywhere near Yellowstone and Fishing Bridge doesn't offer cable, unlike the parks in the Gateway towns.
Finally, if you are entering and leaving from one of the Gateway towns you have to drive your RV 100 plus miles over those narrow, busy, steep, crowded, winding park roads. For many people driving their tow vehicles is preferable. It is just plain wrong to say staying at Fishing Bridge is a superior choice than staying at West Yellowstone. There are too many variables, many of which are strictly personal preferences.