Cloudtop Cruise

Cloudtop Cruise is the first course of the Special Cup of Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
==Layout==
Cloudtop Cruise takes place in a sky area. It is based on Super Mario Galaxy in that its music and airships originate from said game.
The track starts on a giant Question Block with a vine growing horizontally out of it. The track winds along the stem of the vine, ending in a ramp with a Boost Pad, which shoots you onto the top of a bouncy hot-air balloon. From there the track is in the clouds. Halfway along it bends around a second balloon which provides a minor shortcut.
Next the track drops onto the deck of the largest airship, and forks into two short paths around the mast. Both paths have Barrels as obstacles and end in a large Cannon where your glider comes out, and you fly between two rows of flying Paragoombas and into a cloud tunnel.
In the cloud tunnel, Anti-gravity switches on as you drive along an upside-down metal tracks. There are plenty of Boost Pads which will attract lightning from the surrounding clouds, shrinking the player if they happen to pass through at those times. The track ends with a glider ramp, from which you fly back to the giant Question Box.
==Shortcuts==
There is a shortcut where you bounce over two leaves of the vine, just before the first bend in the track, cutting across the bend.
==Statistics==
Staff Name	Country 	Time 	Character 	Vehicle Combination	Vehicle Combination	Vehicle Combination
Staff Name	Country 	Time 	Character 	Body 	Tires 	Glider
Nin★Maria 	Portugal	2:19.568	Baby Rosalina	Biddybuggy 	Standard 	Super Glider
Nin★Giulia	Italy 	1:44.120	Bowser Jr. 	Koopa Clown 	Cyber Slick 	Cloud Glider
== Trivia ==
*The beanstalk comes out of a ? Block.
*The opening of the music plays in amiibo screens in retail stores.
*The end of the music remixes with Sky Station Galaxy and Gusty Garden Galaxy's music.
*There's a remix of the main song that plays when you enter the thundercloud area.
*If you go into the cannon, and get shocked in the middle of it, right before the transition to the thundercloud area, where the music changes, there will be no music playing until Lakitu picks you back up.
==Gallery==
Cloudtop_Cruise_Icon.png|The Cloudtop Cruise icon
Cloudtop Cruise.jpg|Third person perspective of the track
Cloudtop Cruise (1).jpg|Rosalina drifting on a corner of the track
Cloudtop Cruise.png|A side view of the track
Cloudtop Cruise (1).png|Bowser driving in the thundercloud area of the track
Cloudtop Cruise (2).png|View of the track's end
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Category:Sky-themed
Category:Tracks in Mario Kart 8
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