Generally, parties are held once in each colour zone during the course of a day. Occasionally you may see a colour zone used twice, but this is rare. Deluxe members have the advantage of also having the Gold Zone where a party is also held once a day.
Raffles are held at 6 minute intervals, times being :05 :11 :17 :23 :29 :35 :41 and :47
After the 8th and final raffle you get a breather in which to complete any necessary task for that hour, like an hourly activity or employment Smile
Parties may be held simultaneously in different zones, sometimes double zones and occasionally triple zones. It is unfortunate when this happens as it lessend the amount of parties youcan attend in a day. However, as it appears the programming of the zones is random, there's nothing that can be done about it.
There are a number of different vacation raffle prizes that can be won. The four "special prizes" are the Flowing Palm Tree, Hibiscus Bush, Vacation Deck Chair and Volcanic Rock. The Tiki Torch is also a raffle prize and generally regarded as a "special prize" because, although it can be won on the island wheel, this is extremely rare. The conch shell can often be won on the wheel so is not valued as highly as the tiki torch when awarded as a raffle prize. Souvenir Shop items that are also raffle prizes are the Ship in a Bottle, Shoreline Side Table and Inflatable Palm Tree.
There is approximately a 1 in 10 chance of winning a raffle prize, which is why it can be useful to have multiple accounts logged on and a pet from each account in the same room to give better odds of winning. Occasionally there may be no winner, even if a room is full.
Have fun vacationing!
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