The Mario Kart Experience

The Mario Kart Experience is an up-charge area at Carwardine Colony and Carwardine Corners, it is filled with go-kart attractions meant to simulate the Mario Kart franchise, complete with simulated items and item boxes.

Ride History
The ride's construction at Carwardine Colony would start on September 15th, 1996.

The ride used the original Japanese version's voice cast for Mario Kart 64, which while many of the voice actors knew how to speak full English, Asako Kozuki (Peach) and Tomoko Maruno (Toad) weren't fluent in English, leading to slight delays in recording sessions at Carwardine Studios Japan. Jimmy Barrera said later in 2005 that "this was the hardest voice session to put together" and that Carwardine Studios Japan "literally had 10 hours worth of takes".

Lane #1 - Mario

 * Speed - 20 MPH
 * Acceleration - 0-20 MPH in 1.5 seconds
 * Off-Road Speed - 15 MPH
 * Stun Time - 2 seconds
 * Kart Color - Red
 * Kart Sponsor - Mario Star
 * Voice - Charles Martinet

Lane #2 - Luigi

 * Speed - 15 MPH
 * Acceleration - 0-15 MPH in 2 seconds
 * Off-Road Speed - 10 MPH
 * Stun Time - 1 second
 * Kart Color - Green
 * Kart Sponsor - Luigi's
 * Voice - Julien Bardakoff

Lane #3 - Peach

 * Speed - 25 MPH
 * Acceleration - 0-25 MPH in 1 second
 * Off-Road Speed - 20 MPH
 * Stun Time - 3 seconds
 * Kart Color - Pink
 * Kart Sponsor - 1-Up Insurance
 * Voice - Asako Kozuki

Lane #4 - Toad

 * Speed - 30 MPH
 * Acceleration - 0-30 MPH in 0.5 seconds
 * Off-Road Speed - 25 MPH
 * Stun Time - 4 seconds
 * Kart Color - Blue
 * Kart Sponsor - Goodyear
 * Voice - Tomoko Maruno

Lane #5 - Yoshi

 * Speed - 27 MPH
 * Acceleration - 0-27 MPH in 0.75 seconds
 * Off-Road Speed - 22 MPH
 * Stun Time - 3.5 seconds
 * Kart Color - Sky Blue
 * Kart Sponsor - Yoshi
 * Voice - None

Lane #6 - Donkey Kong

 * Speed - 10 MPH
 * Acceleration - 0-10 MPH in 3 seconds
 * Off-Road Speed - 5 MPH
 * Stun Time - 0.5 seconds
 * Kart Color - Brown
 * Kart Sponsor - The Banana Barrel
 * Voice - None

Lane #7 - Wario

 * Speed - 12 MPH
 * Acceleration - 0-12 MPH in 2.5 seconds
 * Off-Road Speed - 7 MPH
 * Stun Time - 0.75 seconds
 * Kart Color - Yellow
 * Kart Sponsor - Shot! (logo on front of kart partially covered by sticker of Wario’s face)
 * Voice - Thomas Spindler

Lane #8 - Bowser

 * Speed - 7 MPH
 * Acceleration - 0-7 MPH in 4 seconds
 * Off-Road Speed - 5 MPH
 * Stun Time - 0.25 seconds
 * Kart Color - Orange
 * Kart Sponsor - Koopa Air
 * Voice - None

Items

 * Mushroom
 * Triple Mushroom
 * Golden Mushroom
 * Banana
 * Banana Bunch
 * Green Shell
 * Triple Green Shell
 * Red Shell
 * Triple Red Shell
 * Fake Item Box
 * Star

Courses

 * Bowser Circuit (Unique design combining SNES Bowser Castle 2 and SNES Bowser Castle 3)
 * Luigi Circuit (Based on N64 Luigi Raceway)
 * Mario Circuit (Based on SNES Mario Circuit 1)
 * Rainbow Road (Based on SNES Rainbow Road)

Trivia

 * The fake brands from Mario Kart 64 are in fake ads around the tracks, along with the made-up sponsors 1-Up Insurance and The Banana Barrel, as well as the real-life Goodyear logo, for which Goodyear sponsors both attractions. (Various logos look at least slightly different this time around, particularly that of Koopa Air, looking even less like the Goodyear logo than before)
 * Smaller versions called "The Mario Kart Experience Express" exist at several other Carwardine Parks.
 * Lakitu speaks in this attraction, as well as The Mario Kart Experience Express. His voice is provided by Billy West.
 * The Blue Shell and Lightning were originally going to be included in the attraction, but due to programming issues, they went unused.