It's taken me three play-through tests to get this venue semi-okay lol. It is a Winter Retreat at Kiyomatsu Point in Mount Komorebi.
Building on left: guest bedrooms and bathrooms, bar, games room. Building at rear: Dining with chef station and fridge, staff bedrooms and bathroom. Building on right: Gym and rock climbing, guest bedrooms, kids playroom. Outdoors: kids play area, archery, skating rink, tables and benches with patio heater lamp.
Beds and Heating: The first time I had a play-through I realised I didn't have enough beds as I hadn't put any for the staff to use. Adult sims tend to arrive as singles rather than couples so double beds will only sleep one. In my final trial I had put in enough beds for 5 adults, 6 kids and 4 staff, hence the numbers chosen above. I also added the thermos, patio heaters and radiators after my first test as guests kept shivering, even indoors. This fixed the issue.
Roles: Although I have the chef set to serve meals, I haven't yet seen her do that (not through any of my three play-tests). The guests will cook for themselves, though they are only assigned 'eat', and I also had the bartender and the instructor cooking, though they are not meant to. Everyone was trying to access counter-tops, the fridge and the cooker at the same time. Breakfast and dinner times seemed utter chaos and I haven't yet found a way to not make it so. The cleaner spent most of the day doing other activities, though he was only assigned to clean, do household chores, fix objects and sleep. But, before I had a separate cleaner, dirty dishes ended up everywhere so it is at least a bit better now (though I have caught a lot of guests cleaning up themselves). The bartender behaved as they should and the instructor gave mentoring in fitness and archery.
Activities: 7am Breakfast: everyone, including staff (except the chef) is set to shower and eat. Nobody came to the dining room until I used the 'call getaway guests here' interaction (which also calls the staff). I didn't see anyone not controlled by me ever having a shower. 10 am Workout: adult guests went to work out/rock climb, kids played on the playground, the trainer mentored, the cleaner was meant to clean, the chef was meant to shower and eat (I didn't see them do that). 1pm Winter Activities: guests went outside to skate, the bartender was tending, the cleaner and the chef were doing random stuff. 4pm Dinner: repeat of breakfast chaos. 7pm Freetime: guests are set to mainly go to the bar area, drink, dance and play games and this is what they did. The bartender tended. I think the instructor was asleep. The chef and cleaner were just socialising (the cleaner was meant to be cleaning). 10pm Sleep: most sims (guests and staff) retired to their assigned beds. There were a few kids who seemed to stay up most of the night in the games room and only went to bed around 4/5 am.
I'm going to do another test I only just thought of: add a time-slot before breakfast for the chef to cook whilst everyone else is asleep and also have the chef cook in the afternoon time slot before dinner. I'll come back and update if that works better. Sorry for the long essay!
