Help Donkey Kong protect the Golden Banana on Mine-Cart Madness in Super Nintendo World at Epic Universe.
Mine-Cart Madness
About
Read the official description below.
It’s up to you to help Donkey Kong protect the Golden Banana on Mine-Cart Madness™. Enter the majestic Golden Temple, board your mine cart and take off in this thrilling family coaster. Speeding through the mine, you’ll appear to jump across gaps in the track and perform other eye-popping feats from the Donkey Kong Country video games.
Ride Information
- Type: Roller coaster
- Duration: ~2 minutes
- Size restrictions: Minimum height 40″, supervision required under 48″, restraints may restrict certain guests
- Accessibility: Guests must transfer to the attraction seat
Does Mine-Cart Madness accept Universal Express Pass?
No.
Is there a Single Rider queue?
Yes, and parties will be split.
Does Mine-Cart Madness have Child Swap available?
Yes.
Will guests get wet on Mine-Cart Madness?
Yes.
Do guests need to use a locker?
No.
Location
Mine-Cart Madness is located in the Donkey Kong Country section of Super Nintendo World, all the way at the back of the land.
Exterior
Entrance
Mine-Cart Madness takes place in and around the Golden Temple, which looms over Donkey Kong Country with a waterfall on its facade.
To the right of the ride’s entrance is a replica of one of the mine cart vehicles with a pair of seats and restraints.
The sign reads:
Test This Seat Before Riding
This ride employs safety restraints which may restrict certain guests from riding due to body shape and size.
Please use this test seat to ensure your ability to ride.
Guests enter the queue through a golden archway framed by gold palm trees. The standby entrance is on the left, the single rider entrance is on the right. The wait time is posted on both sides.
Queue
Outdoor Queue
Immediately after entering, a bunch of bananas hang in front of guests. There are crates and barrels throughout the queue. Jungle plants fill the flowerbeds.
Some of the barrels feature the signature red and yellow “DK” logo. The pavement has Donkey Kong’s footprints.
There are a series of switchbacks outside for when the ride has a long wait. Guests pass a golden monkey statue as they head inside.
Indoor Queue
More golden monkeys make up the queue’s water fountains.
A Donkey Kong idol sits atop a pedestal.
There are drawings on the walls of Donkey Kong and his friends. This large mural shows barrels rolling down ramps.
Pre-Show
A pre-show in the queue features animatronics of Cranky Kong and Squawks the Parrot. They tell guests that the Tiki Tak Tribe has invaded the Golden Temple.
Load Area
Guests board cars resembling wood and metal mine carts. Each car has two rows of two seats, for four total.
Though the cars are lined up close together in the loading area, they are not in trains and run several yards apart.
Ride Experience
As the ride begins outside, guests encounter Dixie Kong, waving from atop a column. The carts then go up the first lift hill, into a large barrel, which seems to shoot the carts forward.
The twisting mine cart track is designed to make it look like carts are jumping gaps. However, the vehicles remain securely attached to a hidden sideways track.
The ride goes in and out of the temple. Guests seem to almost collide with another cart. Professor Chops waves checkered flags before the second lift hill.
There are a few more twists, turns, and dips — including a close encounter with the water — before guests head back into the temple.
There, Donkey Kong hits a button, illuminating the Golden Banana that you’ve kept safe.
Although, it looks like Diddy Kong might make a swipe at the artifact.
Video
Watch our full ride POV below.
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