I got the party boat to reset a slightly different way..
And I might have found a solution to fix the long wait time on the Competition Center too..
[the first part doesn't always work for me on the first try, sometimes I've had to redo the first part like 4 times because I'm not doing it quick enough or fumble the process]
(Starting with time Set Automatically)
I made 10 sims plant beans and let them completely start planting before doing anything else
Then figured out how much time was needed to get past the block on my Competition Center like it describes in step 2 in the first post.
(My Competition Center wait time was longer than what my Party Boat wait time was, so just go by whatever time is longer to get past the block on both)
Went to settings, turned airplane mode on
Fast forwarded the time needed to get past the block on my Competition Center (it was like 4000+ hours)
Double tapped home button and completely exited settings menu then entered sims app through the multitasking screen (with airplane mode still on)
Let the connection error stay on without touching retry
THE NEXT PART MUST BE DONE VERY FAST OR IT WONT WORK
press home button and go back to settings
Turn airplane mode off
Double tap home button and access sims app through multitasking screen
Quickly keep tapping retry until the sims appear, if retry window pops up a second time- keep tapping RETRY quickly
Collected all my $ from the bean plants and checked the time left on my Competition Center
A pop up window should come up too saying something like "a new competition is available, go check it out"
And the party boat icon on the bottom will be lit up showing you have gifts available
(With time still in the future)
I made a sim go compete in whatever competition was going on- preferably a sim that's trained in the subject..
Then went to my party boat and BEFORE clicking on any gifts at the top of the screen, I double tapped the home button and turned airplane mode on in the settings. Then exited the sims app completely from the multitasking screen.
While airplane mode is still on,
COMPLETELY SHUT OFF THE IPAD by pressing the power button &swipe off
Waited about 30 seconds then turned the iPad back on
Turned airplane mode off and then opened the sims game
Now my party boat is back to normal at 24hrs and I have a sim in the competition center that is competing for the next 23hrs or so..
I'm not going to use any more time cheats over the next 24hrs and I guess I will see after the competition if my wait time on the next competition will be back to normal..
This way only fixed my party boat and possibly competition center, it didn't fix the wait time on my simple an sprout plant, and that wait time was shorter than the competition center so idk why that one didn't work but I'll let you guys know what happens to my competition center time soon.
If the first part doesn't work right away, clear everything out of the multitasking window (close all background running apps) including sims.
Turn the time back to normal, then double tap home button and close the settings menu out of the multitasking screen.
Open sims back up (check to make sure the time on the boat & center didn't go up more, if it did- recalculate the date you need to get past it again and repeat the steps)
The first time mine didn't work, my competition time went up over 9000hrs and I had to recalculate.
The 2nd time still didn't work but my competition time went down to 4000hrs
3rd times a charm ;)
In the meantime I've been planting corn and just waiting out the time on the competition with no more cheating... For now at least lol