The Sims: Vacation

The Sims: Vacation

Expansion pack for

The Sims: Vacation
Box art for The Sims: Vacation
Development
Release date(s)	March 25, 2002
Technical information
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Game features
Themes	Vacation
Related pages
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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

New neighborhoods

• Vacation Island

New objects

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

New NPCs

• 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

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

Features and Allusions to other Expansion Packs

If Unleashed is installed, pet beds and food bowls will be added to vacation lots.

Trivia

• 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 set room, treating the hotel more like a home lot.
• The Sims: Vacation is the only expansion pack in The Sims to have some sort of seasons feature, with tropical beach, forest and snowy mountain lots which requires certain clothes to be worn in order to remain comfortable.
• The Sims: Vacation was the first expansion pack in the franchise that allows Sims to stay at a lot other than home.

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• The Sims: Vacation Commercial

  The Sims: Vacation Commercial

• The Sims: Vacation Official Trailer

  The Sims: Vacation Official Trailer

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"The Sims" Chronology
Preceded by The Sims: Hot Date November 14, 2001	The Sims series expansion packs	Followed by The Sims: Unleashed September 23, 2002