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Teebin said:
Funny that Alicia posted that today, as I wrote this a few days ago and was debating whether to post.

Now my information is over a year old so many things may have changed from what Alicia is seeing. I am posting as a spoiler as I get a bit into the weeds. That said, this should give you a detaled idea of where they’re going with the Mario Kart attraction… changes or not.

AR = Augmented Reality

From the load area your vehicle turns right and into the large dark chamber of Bowser's castle complete with large stone sculptures of Bowser on both sides of the dual track. Ahead and also in a kart on the track is Larry Koopa playing what appears to be a lead car while Iggy is in a kart right beside you. Above and floating on his cloud is Lakitu. Straight ahead is another large standing sculpture of Bowser (maybe robotic) pointing the direction for you to drive. Larry speeds off around the corner. Your kart takes off behind but Iggy takes the lead turning right through an arch or mechanical opening doors...


Scene 2: Into the castle underground you travel with warp pipes sticking out from every direction. Various AR icons float above the track goomba, piranha, green shell are present. Here Larry spins off the track and Iggy Koop continues speeding ahead yet is quickly knocked off the track by an AR green shell.


Scene 3: Under the sea you go to Dolphin Shoals... colored warp pipes blow bubbles at you and various corals and sponges line the way. A dolphin AA does front flips and varios fish and mantas move about... some mechanical and some AR. Wendy Koopa drives onto the track out in front from a warp pipe while a shark or dolphin swims close over your head. AR points are obtained by hitting ghostly white jelly squids that line the track. Huge warp tunnel ahead!


Scene 4: Questionmark AR cubes rotate above the track as you enter this scene following Wendy in her kart. We are on Chain Chomp highway; huge chomps threaten to knock your kart off course. A giant Thwomp looms overhead a slams down on the track sending Wendy off track and then lifting in time for your kart to continue onward. The scenery is that of a country track with a bright cloudy blue sky. Lots of green hedge row trees and IP billboards and you pass a tall post mounted with cartoonish themed loud speakers. As you encounter more AR points icons, the highways starts going up hill and into the mouth of a massive barrel tunnel.


Scene 5: You exit the barrel into a raging and very cloudy lightning storm AR bolts dashing down on both sides of the highway. It all goes as quickly as it came and...


Scene 6: onto the Rainbow Road high up above and overlooking the previous track below... pillow stars float overhead and mechanical gliders fly by... The glowing rainbow road continues until you encounter various colored AR musical notes floating just above the track... as you drive through the notes a tune is played. After the last note you are now zooming downhill toward a dark forbodding scene ahead.


Scene 7: You drive right back to the depths of Bowser's Castle. Now MARIO himself zips out in front of your kart from another warp pipe. Fiery lava glows from the walls on your left while a deep firey pit glows fire on your right. Ahead, a giant spiked ball swings in and out of the course only later to see Iggy Koopa got hit and is splattered on one side. Mario drives his kart out of sight. Fireballs and other obstacles (both mechanical and AR) threaten at every turn. And then...


MEGABOWSER and AR missles being shot at your kart


How will you ever continue?


Finally the finish line with a score board showing your points while dozens of Toads cheer you from the stands on both sides of the track.
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Track choice is surprising. I thought for sure we’d start at the standard Mario Circuit.

Also why only Koopas and one appearance from Mario?

Other than that this sounds amazing.
 
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*opens spoiler*
*clicks hide after reading one scene*

:bolt:
 
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Teebin said:
Funny that Alicia posted that today, as I wrote this a few days ago and was debating whether to post.

Now my information is over a year old so many things may have changed from what Alicia is seeing. I am posting as a spoiler as I get a bit into the weeds. That said, this should give you a detaled idea of where they’re going with the Mario Kart attraction… changes or not.

AR = Augmented Reality

From the load area your vehicle turns right and into the large dark chamber of Bowser's castle complete with large stone sculptures of Bowser on both sides of the dual track. Ahead and also in a kart on the track is Larry Koopa playing what appears to be a lead car while Iggy is in a kart right beside you. Above and floating on his cloud is Lakitu. Straight ahead is another large standing sculpture of Bowser (maybe robotic) pointing the direction for you to drive. Larry speeds off around the corner. Your kart takes off behind but Iggy takes the lead turning right through an arch or mechanical opening doors...


Scene 2: Into the castle underground you travel with warp pipes sticking out from every direction. Various AR icons float above the track goomba, piranha, green shell are present. Here Larry spins off the track and Iggy Koop continues speeding ahead yet is quickly knocked off the track by an AR green shell.


Scene 3: Under the sea you go to Dolphin Shoals... colored warp pipes blow bubbles at you and various corals and sponges line the way. A dolphin AA does front flips and varios fish and mantas move about... some mechanical and some AR. Wendy Koopa drives onto the track out in front from a warp pipe while a shark or dolphin swims close over your head. AR points are obtained by hitting ghostly white jelly squids that line the track. Huge warp tunnel ahead!


Scene 4: Questionmark AR cubes rotate above the track as you enter this scene following Wendy in her kart. We are on Chain Chomp highway; huge chomps threaten to knock your kart off course. A giant Thwomp looms overhead a slams down on the track sending Wendy off track and then lifting in time for your kart to continue onward. The scenery is that of a country track with a bright cloudy blue sky. Lots of green hedge row trees and IP billboards and you pass a tall post mounted with cartoonish themed loud speakers. As you encounter more AR points icons, the highways starts going up hill and into the mouth of a massive barrel tunnel.


Scene 5: You exit the barrel into a raging and very cloudy lightning storm AR bolts dashing down on both sides of the highway. It all goes as quickly as it came and...


Scene 6: onto the Rainbow Road high up above and overlooking the previous track below... pillow stars float overhead and mechanical gliders fly by... The glowing rainbow road continues until you encounter various colored AR musical notes floating just above the track... as you drive through the notes a tune is played. After the last note you are now zooming downhill toward a dark forbodding scene ahead.


Scene 7: You drive right back to the depths of Bowser's Castle. Now MARIO himself zips out in front of your kart from another warp pipe. Fiery lava glows from the walls on your left while a deep firey pit glows fire on your right. Ahead, a giant spiked ball swings in and out of the course only later to see Iggy Koopa got hit and is splattered on one side. Mario drives his kart out of sight. Fireballs and other obstacles (both mechanical and AR) threaten at every turn. And then...


MEGABOWSER and AR missles being shot at your kart


How will you ever continue?


Finally the finish line with a score board showing your points while dozens of Toads cheer you from the stands on both sides of the track.
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I believe this is the older version. Some of this has remained, but...

The biggest change to the newer version...

Several More Lands.
 
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AliciaStella said:
I believe this is the older version. Some of this has remained, but...

The biggest change to the newer version...

Several More Lands.
Click to expand...

So more tracks were added? I guess that makes sense, as you did mention Waterpark from MK8 if I'm not mistaken.
 
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AlexanderMBush said:
So more tracks were added? I guess that makes sense, as you did mention Waterpark from MK8 if I'm not mistaken.
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I don’t believe I mentioned that.

But I do remember talk of a mansion level of some sort.

EDIT: Thanks Teebs! That was cinematic. I got chills reading it. :thumbsup:
 
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AliciaStella said:
I believe this is the older version. Some of this has remained, but...

The biggest change to the newer version...

Several More Lands.
Click to expand...
:jaw:
 
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AliciaStella said:
I believe this is the older version. Some of this has remained, but...

The biggest change to the newer version...

Several More Lands.
Click to expand...

Interesting. Is it still a four minute ride or have they actually lengthened it? I could see them cutting back two or three scenes that seemed longer than they needed to be. Too, i’m curious if they’ve kept the upper level view down to previous scenes below?
 
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This damn pricetag is going to be something serious!!
 
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devinp267 said:
This damn pricetag is going to be something serious!!
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Last I remembered, we found it would be similar to Hogsmeade's budget in this, if I'm not mistaken.
 
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Teebin said:
Interesting. Is it still a four minute ride or have they actually lengthened it? I could see them cutting back two or three scenes that seemed longer than they needed to be. Too, i’m curious if they’ve kept the upper level view down to previous scenes below?
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I think the ride time may be similar, just more jam packed with fun! And not sure on track overlap—will have to get back to you on that. I *think* that while the track overlaps at a few points you won’t be able to see the track below you. It’ll be enclosed to look like more locales instead, like a two story type deal... I think. (I’ll dig deeper and hopefully have more details soon.)
 
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I'm actually a bit annoyed the cast of racers isn't broader.

EDIT - Because G-Board sucks.
 
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AliciaStella said:
I believe this is the older version. Some of this has remained, but...

The biggest change to the newer version...

Several More Lands.
Click to expand...

Teebin only mentions 7 (or maybe 8) scenes. AliciaStella said there are ~14 scenes...
 
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I'm actuallya bit annoyed the cast o fr racers isn't broader.
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I can’t believe that Mario and crew aren’t in there more. Seems like a waste
 
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Maybe the AR makes the riders yoshi, Luigi, princess and so on. You choose your rider I line.... probably not though
 
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I feel like the Koopalings thing can't be final. Heck, if we need seven racers, why not use the original cast of Super Mario Kart instead? Luigi, Bowser, Yoshi, Peach, Toad, Koopa, Donkey Kong (instead of Jr.), and of course, Mario at the end.
 
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Junorhane said:
Teebin only mentions 7 (or maybe 8) scenes. AliciaStella said there are ~14 scenes...
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Including load and finish line.
 
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Maybe the AR makes the riders yoshi, Luigi, princess and so on. You choose your rider I line.... probably not though
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I like the idea of choosing characters to represent. Not playing as Luigi/Yoshi/etc., but you have their colors and emblem on your kart.

Also, as awesome as the ride and AR integration sound, I am a bit wary of how that tech will work. I'm not looking forward to Gringotts/Kong-level tech issues at opening. And if it's in KidZone, it'd be ANOTHER attraction that requires glasses, 3D or not.
 
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AlexanderMBush said:
Last I remembered, we found it would be similar to Hogsmeade's budget in this, if I'm not mistaken.
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hard to believe.. has to be more! 3 e ticket with Mario kart eating the most of the budget up, dk won't be easy either I don't think.
 
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I can’t believe that Mario and crew aren’t in there more. Seems like a waste
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I imagine they'll be featured in the Yoshi ride, right?
 
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I imagine they'll be featured in the Yoshi ride, right?
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Maybe. In some incarnation.
 
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