The Sims: Vacation

The Sims: Vacation

Box art for The Sims: Vacation
Development
Developer(s)	Maxis
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Ratings	Teen
Release date(s)	March 25, 2002
Technical information
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Game features
Themes	Vacation
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"Vacation" redirects here. For the activity, see Vacationing.

The Sims: Vacation (released as The Sims: On Holiday in the UK, Ireland, China & Scandinavia) is the fourth expansion pack for The Sims. The game associates the Vacation Island sub-neighborhood with the pre-existing base neighborhoods. It was released on March 25, 2002 worldwide.

Features[edit | edit source]

New neighborhoods[edit | edit source]

Vacation Island

New objects[edit | edit source]

Snowman kits
Sandcastle kits
Carnival games
Tents
Igloos
Souvenirs
Archery ranges
Volleyball courts
Fishing pier
Half-Pipe
Snow slide

New NPCs[edit | edit source]

Mascots:
- Marky Sharky, who is the mascot for beach lots
- Archie Archer, who is the mascot for forest lots
- Betty Yeti, who is the mascot for snowy lots
Vacation Director Kana
New type of townie: Families of "vacationers" or "tourists" can be encountered on Vacation Island. Uniquely amongst the townies in The Sims, they have random last names (as opposed to generic ones that puns on their function within the game), some nominal familial relationships, and being both children as well as adult Sims. Tourist families usually consist of 3 to 4 Sims, with at least one adult and one child in every party. Sometimes a tourist family will consist of just two Sims - a single parent and an only child - although this is rare.

Other new features[edit | edit source]

New interactions: Play fishing, archery, snowboarding and beach volleyball while on vacation/holiday!
Winterwear

Features and Allusions to other Expansion Packs[edit | edit source]

If The Sims: Unleashed is installed, pet beds and food bowls will be added to vacation lots, however sometimes the game won't add them so the player will need to add them to the vacation lot if they wish to send a family with a pet to the island.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The Sims: Vacation is the first expansion pack to not have the intro video, along with Superstar, Makin' Magic and The Sims: Complete Collection.
The Sims: Vacation is the only vacation themed expansion that allows Sims to stay on vacation for an indefinite amount of time. Alongside that, it is also the only vacation themed expansion that allows characters to sleep and bathe wherever they want, meaning they can access any room in the hotel with no allocated room set to them, treating the hotel more like a home lot.
The Sims: Vacation was the first expansion pack in the franchise that allows Sims to stay at a lot other than home.
The Sims: Vacation is the first non seasonal based pack in the franchise to include weather, the second being The Sims 4: Snowy Escape.
The Sims: Vacation is the first pack in the franchise to introduce a second pre-made male child, which is one of the many random vacationers on Vacation Island. The first male pre-made child is Daniel Pleasant.