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|[[Sky Garden (course)]]}}

{{racecourse

|image=[[File:MK8-Course-CloudtopCruise.png|270px]]

|appearances=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2014|2014]]) <br> ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])

|ghost=2:26.347 by Nin★Maria (MK8) (as [[Baby Rosalina]])<br>2:19.568 by Nin★Maria (MK8D) (as [[Baby Rosalina]]) (150cc)<br>1:44.120 by Nin★Giulia (MK8D) (as [[Bowser Jr.]]) (200cc)

|wifi=Available ([[Wii U]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])

|music=[[File:MK8-Music-CloudtopCruise.oga]]

|based = [[Sky Garden (course)|Sky Garden]] <br> [[Airship]]

|map=[[File:MK8 Cloudtop Cruise Map.png|140px]]

'''Cloudtop Cruise''' is the first race track in the [[Special Cup]] of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. This course mainly takes place on a giant beanstalk (similar to [[Sky Garden (course)|Sky Garden]]) and on an airship (like [[Airship Fortress]]). Several of Bowser's airships are seen flying in the background. Like several other courses, the music for this course have two different variations; the first one is when the players drive on the cloud and beanstalk sections, while the second one comes up when reaching the thundercloud section. The second variation transitions into a rock arrangement with guitar solo.

[[File:MK8-Course-CloudtopCruise-startingline.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line.]]

The race starts on a giant beanstalk. Shortly after there is a ramp with some [[Item Box]]es on it, and there is a Bowser Balloon that characters can bounce on, similar to the mushrooms in [[Mushroom Gorge]] from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''. The racers will then continue racing on a cloud. Later, they come 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 boost panels, but once in a while, lightning will strike them, which the racers have to avoid or else they will get knocked out. 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 ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games. There is just one more right turn before the finish line.{{br|left}}

===Shortcuts===

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

<gallery widths=140px>

CloudtopCruiseMK8.png|An image released by Nintendo which revealed the name of the track.

MK8- Cloudtop Cruise.PNG|The track's icon.

DonkeyBiddybuggy2.jpg|Starting line.

BabyRosa8.jpg|[[Baby Rosalina]] at the start of the track.

MarioKart8RosalinaBike.jpg|[[Rosalina]] racing on the track.

CloudTopRosalina.jpg|Cloudy segment of the track.

CloudtopAirship.jpg|The [[Airship]] segment on the track.

CloudtopThunderhead.jpg|Entrance of the track's thunderhead segment.

MarioCatCruiser.jpeg|[[Mario]] racing on the track.

MK8Booster.png|Final jump.

CloudtopBeanstalk.jpg|Aerial view of the beanstalk segment of the track.

ShyGuyBuggy.png|[[Shy Guy]] racing on the track.

Airship stamp.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course.

|Jap=スカイガーデン

|JapR=Sukai Gāden

|JapM=Sky Garden

|SpaM=Celestial Road

|FraA=Dans les nuages

|FraAM=In the Clouds

|FraE=Voie céleste

|FraEM=Celestial Way

|RusM=Cloudstrider Cruise}}

 

==Trivia==

*This course shares its Japanese name with [[Sky Garden (course)|Sky Garden]] from ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''.

*The end of this course's music uses parts of [[Sky Station Galaxy]]'s and [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]'s music from the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' games.

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