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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3360 on: July 01, 2013, 07:35:37 PM »
Don't know if you finished the hotel rooms yet or not but heres a suggestion. http://www.anniversaryinn.com/

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« Reply #3361 on: July 01, 2013, 09:22:05 PM »
I wanted to share a massive resort that I spent the last three days building.

Here is a shot of the fully upgraded Spanish-style resort tower rabbit holes:


I then spent about a thousand hours building two identical buildings to match the rabbit holes as closely as possible, to put guest rooms and suites, the lobby, and the buffet area in:


A nice shot of the pool with the swim-up bar, and the bartender hard at work:


Another pool shot, this time of the island with the fountains on it in the middle of the pool:


A covered outdoor bar, with another hard-working bartender:


A partial shot of the buffet area, there are four more buffet tables on the other side:


The lobby area, I wasn't sure if the coffee counter would spawn a Barista, but it did, though it is not controllable as part of the resort itself:


One of the smaller guest rooms:


I am willing to upload this lot if people are interested, though it does contain content from most if not all other expansions, as well as store content, and I am not sure what exactly.


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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3362 on: July 01, 2013, 11:04:15 PM »
For the pool bar, I thought the Barista stood in the water, is that false?

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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3363 on: July 02, 2013, 12:05:06 AM »
The patrons sit in the water but the bartender is in a little room without it.

It looks great fortheloveofcake!
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« Reply #3364 on: July 02, 2013, 02:23:25 AM »
Beautiful, fortheloveofcake! I'd say it's even better than some of the ones already in Isla Paradiso.
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« Reply #3365 on: July 02, 2013, 04:49:00 AM »
What a great resort ! You did an amazing job , it must be a 5 star resort for sure .  :)
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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3366 on: July 02, 2013, 12:28:29 PM »
I love this resort - it looks great and consistent. Right now I'm doing mine in beach style and it's coming along pretty good. The building takes hours and hours ... I love that! I'm looking forward to build my second resort in the Spanish style as well.
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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3367 on: July 02, 2013, 01:55:22 PM »
Oh well, I like having the bar-hand in the water as well, it looks more comfortable!

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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3368 on: July 02, 2013, 04:22:38 PM »
Thanks for the compliments! It actually is not a 5-star resort, I built it fully before opening it and it takes several days for the rating to increase it seems. The guests love it though!


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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3369 on: July 02, 2013, 09:53:13 PM »
Cool! I like how you matched the building to the rabbit holes.

One thing I'm really not loving about resorts are those rabbit holes! I mean, they are pretty but they limit the building possibilities, unless you just don't put any rabbit holes in the resort but then you propably won't get to 5 stars. I tried to build a resort yesterday and gave up because I got frustrated with the rabbit holes  ::).

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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3370 on: July 03, 2013, 03:55:01 AM »
Cool resort! I think you did a great job of matching the other buildings to the rabbit holes.

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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3371 on: July 04, 2013, 01:27:39 PM »
Sorry to be rude, but could I hear what you guys think of my houseboats?

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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3372 on: July 04, 2013, 08:58:07 PM »
(n the houseboats, what does the interior of the first and third ones look like?  I can see with the halfwalls what the middle one is like, but not of the first one nor the third one.  I like that it has a roof like a house. a unique look, although I also want to have one with the roof of a regular houseboat.
The first one seems to be made with the possibility of another floor added, I think.  I haven't downloaded my game yet, won't until after the grandkids leave, but am interested in houseboats, it would be fun to have a sims family live on one. 

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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3373 on: July 04, 2013, 11:54:22 PM »
I actually uploaded the first one, and you can see the inside there. I'll get you some inside pics of the third one later. I'm a little tired right now.

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Re: The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread
« Reply #3374 on: July 05, 2013, 02:20:56 AM »
I had an idea for a resort and decided to make it into reality before Carl finished his resort guide.  He liked it enough to use a picture but now I wanted to share up close shots of my little creation.  I'm still tweaking it and at first I made sure there was no store content so I'm thinking of switching out some items for ones I do have from the store.


The front lobby.  I built this resort thinking of the good old days before Sims caught on fire from too much sun or had to worry about freezing winter weather.


The dining area with 6 buffets to cover most of every Sim's needs.


The pool area complete with pool bars and access to the local gym.


Wedding section next to the land bar. 


The Foodstand, firewalking pits and VIP Tiki Huts.


And last but not least - the nighttime shot of the island.
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