Editing Cloudtop Cruise

{{about|the race course that appears in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe|the race course from Mario Kart: Super Circuit with the same Japanese name|{{classic-link|GBA|Sky Garden}}}}
{{race course infobox
|title=Cloudtop Cruise
|image=[[File:MK8-Course-CloudtopCruise.png|300px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Special Cup]]
|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Maria|2:26.347|[[File:MK8 BabyRosalina Icon.png|32px|link=Baby Rosalina]][[File:Biddybuggy-blue.png|32px|link=Biddybuggy]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)|Standard]][[File:MK8ThumbRosalinaSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Maria|2:19.568|[[File:MK8 BabyRosalina Icon.png|32px|link=Baby Rosalina]][[File:Biddybuggy-blue.png|32px|link=Biddybuggy]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)|Standard]][[File:MK8ThumbRosalinaSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Giulia|1:44.120|[[File:MK8 Bowser Jr Icon.png|32px|link=Bowser Jr.]][[File:MK8DX Koopa Clown.png|32px|link=Koopa Clown]][[File:CyberSlickTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Cyber Slick]][[File:Cloud Glider.png|32px|link=Cloud Glider]]}}
|sample=Mahito Yokota (''Super Mario Galaxy'' themes)<br>Atsuko Asahi (composition/arrangement)<br>[[File:MK8-Music-CloudtopCruise.oga]]<br>Thundercloud<br>[[File:WiiU_CloudtopCruise_Thundercloud.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU_CloudtopCruise_Frontrunning.oga]]<br>Thundercloud/frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU_CloudtopCruise_ThundercloudFrontrunning.oga]]
|based_on=[[Beanstalk]] / [[Airship]]
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Cloudtop Cruise Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Cloudtop Cruise Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
}}
'''Cloudtop Cruise''' is the first course of the [[Special Cup]] of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. This course mainly takes place on clouds, a giant beanstalk (similar to {{classic-link|GBA|Sky Garden}}), and on an airship (like [[DS Airship Fortress|Airship Fortress]] from ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''). Several of Bowser's airships are seen flying in the background. It shares its name with Sky Garden in some other languages.

==Course layout==
[[File:MK8 Cloudtop Cruise Starting Line.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line]]
The race starts on a giant beanstalk. Shortly after, there is a slight right turn and a ramp with some [[Item Box]]es on it leading onto a balloon with Bowser's insignia that characters can bounce on, similar to [[Mushroom Trampoline]]s. The racers will then continue racing on a cloud, with a zigzagging set of turns and a small split route with another balloon. After a U-turn, they jump onto an airship, where the player encounters two paths, both of which meet up right before a cannon, which launches the player to a anti-gravity metal track inside a storm cloud. On the track, there are many [[Dash Panel]]s, but once in a while, lightning will strike them, which the racers have to avoid or else they will get knocked out. The lightning also deactivates the Dash Panels when active. This section then ends to start a gliding section, which touches down on a giant stone [[? Block]], a reference to how Beanstalks grow out of ? Blocks in ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games. There is then one more right turn before the finish line.

==Shortcuts==
*Near the end of the lap, players can jump off two big leaves, cutting the final corner.

==Music==
Like several other courses, the music for this course has two different variations: the first variation is orchestral and plays when the players drive on the cloud and beanstalk sections, while the second variation is a rock arrangement that plays when reaching the thundercloud section. The ending portion of both variations uses parts of "[[Gusty Garden Galaxy (theme)|Gusty Garden Galaxy]]" from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and "[[Sky Station Galaxy]]" from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. The course's music also reappears as a new arrangement, which combines the two variations, in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' on the [[Mario Circuit (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)|Mario Circuit]] stage and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' on any ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' stage.

The first portion of the course's music plays on [[amiibo]] screens in select retail stores.
{{media table
|file1=MK8 CloudtopCruise2.oga
|title1=Cloudtop Cruise
|description1=The Gusty Garden Galaxy section of the music
|file2=Thundercloud_gustygardengalaxy.oga
|title2=Cloudtop Cruise (thundercloud)
|description2=The thundercloud version of the Gusty Garden Galaxy section of the music
}}

==''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes==
''"On this title, we set ourselves on a challenge of creating melodies we'd never come up with before, and we put a huge amount of effort into this track. We thought that a full orchestra would be perfect for creating that sense of a vast world in the clouds. We've included the thundercloud version of the track, as well as a medley."''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 Cloudtop Cruise Course Icon.png|The course icon
DonkeyBiddybuggy2.jpg|Starting line
Cloudtop Cruise MK8 Baby Rosalina.png|[[Baby Rosalina]] at the start of the course
Cloudtop Cruise MK8 Rosalina.png|[[Rosalina]] racing on the course
CloudTopRosalina.jpg|Cloudy segment of the course
CloudtopAirship.jpg|The [[Airship]] segment on the course
CloudtopThunderhead.jpg|Entrance to the course's thunderhead segment
MarioCatCruiser.jpg|[[Mario]] racing on the course
MK8Booster.png|Final jump
CloudtopBeanstalk.jpg|Aerial view of the beanstalk segment of the course
ShyGuyBuggy.png|[[Shy Guy]] racing on the course
File:MK8D Diddy Kong.png|[[Diddy Kong]] on the course
CloudtopCruiseMK8.png|A released screenshot revealing the name of the course
Airship stamp.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=スカイガーデン
|JapR=Sukai Gāden
|JapM=Sky Garden
|Spa=Ruta Celeste
|SpaM=Celestial Route
|FraA=Dans les nuages
|FraAM=In the Clouds
|FraE=Voie céleste
|FraEM=Celestial Way
|Dut=Wildewolkenweg
|DutM=Wild Cloudway
|Ger=Wolkenstraße
|GerM=Cloudstreet
|Ita=Vascello Nuvolante
|ItaM="Cloudflying" Vessel &ndash; "Nuvolante" is a pun of "nuvola" (cloud) and "volante" (flying)
|Por=Via Nublada
|PorM=Cloudy Way
|Rus=Заоблачный круиз
|RusR=Zaoblachnyy kruiz
|RusM=Cloudstrider Cruise
|Kor=스카이 가든
|KorR=Seukai Gadeun
|KorM=Sky Garden
|ChiT=空中花園
|ChiTR=Kōngzhōng Huāyuán
|ChiTM=Sky Garden
|ChiS=空中花园
|ChiSR=Kōngzhōng Huāyuán
|ChiSM=Sky Garden
}}

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[[Category:Sky areas]]
[[Category:Airship areas]]
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