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The island is divided into three areas, each of which has a different environment. While ''[[The Sims]]'' does not have seasons, this loosely reflects them. While some of the island's activities are available in two or three areas, each area offers special activities that are exclusive to it. The areas are: a snowy winter area, a forest area, and a [[beach]] area. By default, each area has a resort lot, a campground, and a "bare-bones" lot. Resort lots will have rooms or cabins with beds and bathrooms, and an area near the entrance which contains a buffet table and a hotel desk where [[SimsSim]]s can check in and get hotel keys - which will allow them to sleep in the beds. At least some of the rooms will have dressers. In addition to the bathrooms, they'll also have either toilet stalls or porta-potties. Campground lots will have [[tentstent]]s or [[igloosigloo]]s that Sims can rent. They'll have showers, and will have either toilet stalls or porta-potties. They will also have either changing booths or changing tents. A "bare-bones" lot will have porta-potties, may have showers, may have changing booths or changing tents, and may have one or two tents or igloos. Campground andA "bare-bones" lotswill have a rental shack, but will otherwise have eitherfewer changingactivities boothsthan orother changinglots tentsin its area.

* Winter - [[Al Pine's Winter Wonderland]], [[Penguin Acres Campground]], [[Alpine Preserve]]

* Forest - [[Bear Essentials Lodge]], [[Ranger's Ranch Campground]], [[Wren's Fens National Park]]

* Beach - [[Palazzo Palms Hotel]], [[Sunset Beach]], [[Reclaimed Public Beach]]

==Differences from other Sims 1 community areas==

* Sims can sleep if they rent an [[igloos|igloo]] or [[tents|tent]], or check in at a hotel desk and get a key.

* Players can save, at least if the Sims are on a family vacation.

* The [[townies]], often called vacationers or tourists, are organized into families with real last names. Instead of coming and going at random, they arrive in the morning and leave at night.

How the Sims dress depends on which area they're in. In the winter area, they wear [[winterwear]]; in the beach area, they wear swimsuits; and in the forest area, they wear their normal outfits. When Sims arrive from home, they'll be dressed appropriately, but ifwhen they arrivetraveling from anotherone area of the island to another, they'll need to change - and they won't do it on their own. Changing is not necessary, but Sims that are not dressed appropriately for the area they're in, for example, wearing winterwear in the beach area, may lose comfort more quickly.

When an adult Sim checks in at a hotel desk, the family is charged §40 simoleons for each human member, and each one receives a key. The key is good anywhere on the island, and allows the holder to sleep in any bed in any room. However, a key does not entitle a Sim to sleep in an igloo or tent - they have to be rented separately. If there are television sets on the lot, only Sims with keys will be able to turn them on and off, or to change channels -, though any Sim will be able to watch a set that's on. Other island facilities don't appear to require keys.

* [[Buffet tablestable]]s: All of the resort lots, as well as Sunset Beach, have buffet tables. The buffet tables are always stocked, and serve salads and desserts as well as regular meals. You can control which type of meal a Sim gets by clicking on different areas of the table; click on the left for a salad, on the right for a dessert, and in the center for a regular meal. If you letthe Sims visit the buffet table on their own, which type of meal they'll get is determined at random. Since each visit to the buffet table costs §25 simoleons regardless of what the Sim gets from it, thateating canfrom getthe buffet table is expensive. Budget-conscious players may not want to let vacationing Sims visit the buffet table whenever they want. If a Sim eats from a buffet table while their [[Hygiene]] is low, they may be infected by [[Illness#Montezuma's Revenge|Montezuma's Revenge]], a form of food poisoning. The disease is not deadly, but it will cause the [[bladder]] motive to decay more quickly, causing great discomfort to an affected Sim. The disease will go away by itself after a period of time, but try to keep the Sim's Bladder motive up.

All lots will have at lestleast a few places where Sims can sit. All resort lots will have at least one sofa or loveseat, though Sims will not be able to nap on them. All the default lots except for Al Pine's and Wren's Fens have at least a few recliners. The main obstacle to keeping comfort up isn't a lack of places to sit, but getting the Sims ''to '' sit for very long. Adults can raise their comfort level quite a bit by soaking in a hot tub, and kids can get something of a boost by taking a bath. Adding fun items such as bookcases or televisions can help, as Sims will sit to use them.

Since no default lot has so much as a [[Coffeemaker#The Sims|coffeepot]], and Sims can't nap even if there are sofas or loveseats available, keeping energy up isn't easy.

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