World Adventures is nothing like Vacation (which I thought was a waste of playing time also). In WA, you pack up your bags and actually live in China, Egypt or France and go on ‘adventures’. There are new skills that you can learn, lots of money to be made. You can even buy lots and homes. I’d recommend WA before I would Ambitions.
Speaking of World Adventures-- has anybody had any luck getting preggers while on vacation? I’d like to have a French, Chinese and Egyptian baby but I have a hard enough time finding unattached locals for my sims, much less getting them to the woo hoo stage.