Talk:Winter 2015 Event/@comment-27160254-20151211142606/@comment-25046890-20151211150446

You mention App store, so I'm assuming iPad tablet. My friends haven't been getting any automatic updates since iOS9, back in September or October. So it may be and Apple thing, and not an EA thing. Don't know, since I don't have that. On my android system, it generally does automatic updates once a day so long as I'm in a good wifi spot for a while, but loading the Play store would do a check immediately (but not start an auto update, I could just see what was available, and choose to update).

I wouldn't worry too much about how far behind you are. So long as you can check every 4 hours most of the time (most of the event tasks are 4hrs), you've still got plenty of time in Act 1. The Festive Hats counter may seem large, but you earn more as more attractions are completed, and you get quite a few finishing each stage. If you want to go faster, send as many people as you can to an attraction quest, not just the minimum number to complete, since they all earn the hats from the task.