Hi Spoiled Royal,Â
My results are as follows:Â
I've experimented with trying to see if both desert roses and the wooden shields would be awarded in all scenes once triggering the Village half of the events. That did not occur. However, it is possible to get the desert roses awarded in the JH and Bungalow since the Desert timer was completed when I triggered the Village timer. The award of the desert roses in JH and Bungalow is sporadic, as the seahorses were in the second half of the previous coupled event. Wifi Off nor On made a difference to the item awards.
The only thing I was able to make different, which was meaningless was:
TT forward with Wifi Off, I was able to keep the Desert timer active and correct simultaneously with the Village timer. The Desert challenge was still ended however,  Nothing else was different from the usual TT forward then back.Â
TT forward with Wifi On, it took a while for the event time to display correctly. That is to say  for the Desrt timer to end and the Village timer to begin.Â
Wifi off nor on produced no unexpected benefit nor problem to triggering the second half of this event for me. Â Â
One good outcome these events do, is make me back up my iPad, frequently.  :)