It is set in a stone stronghold with a soaring entrance shaped like the head of Mario's reptilian nemesis Bowser and an entrance which passes through his gaping mouth.
It is themed to the Mario Kart racing games and features augmented reality headsets enabling riders to compete against each other on sweeping screens which show the scenery as they speed past. It lacks Universal Studios Japan's slow-moving ride through some of the surreal landscapes from the games but both lands are home to an attraction which is a little more zippy. There are huge snapping piranha plants that look like venus fly traps, stylized green trees and a cafe inside an over-sized toadstool complete with a red cap and white dots. On entering the land (through a green pipe of course) visitors are met with bright yellow boxes which have question marks on them and appear to float.
The intricately-themed land is designed to give guests the impression they have stepped into Mario's world so it has all the hallmarks of the video games. Whilst there is no shortage of interest in the new land there is however a question about its capacity. Its doors are swinging open just two months before the release of a new animated Mario movie so the perky plumber's popularity is on a high. A larger version of the land first opened at Universal Studios Japan in 2021 but that wasn't as well-timed as its counterpart in Hollywood. The land is currently exclusive in North America as it isn't expected to debut in Orlando until Universal's Epic Universe park opens there in 2025.
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