Got back to Paradise at 4:50 (not intentionally) yesterday with at least a dozen other cars still in the parking lot. Drove through the gate at 5:20, not a ranger in sight. Appears the phone calls last week helped.
My guess is no. This is just another example of how administration randomly applies procedures. I stopped worrying about being late on holidays because the Paradise parking lot is packed well past 5pm. I've also had the random non holiday Monday where no one is around after 5:30pm. I hope you are right, but based on past experience, I doubt it.
