After taking a ride on Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge, guests step into an attraction-themed gift shop called Mario Motors. Take a photo tour of the location below.
About Mario Motors
Mario Motors is the exit gift shop guests pass through after riding Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge. Read Universal’s description of the store below:
Exit Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge with your family or friends and you’ll enter a shop filled with must-have gear and souvenirs, along with the famed Golden Cup on display.
Location
Mario Motors is located at the exit of Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge, which is situated across from the entrance portal of Super Nintendo World.
Merchandise
Mario Motors sells many of the same general Super Nintendo World items also sold at Sensorium Emporium, 1-Up Factory, and the Nintendo Super Star Store. However, it also sells a variety of Mario Kart-themed items that are only available at this location. We’ve complied a full list of the unique merchandise available in the store.
Exterior
The exterior entrance of the store is located to the right of the Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge entrance at Bowser’s Castle. The facades assist the transition between the castle and the exterior of Yoshi’s Adventure. It almost resembles a fireplace in design, with the stores’ name above a large “M” opening. Sconces and brick columns protrude from each side. Each column ends in a planter at the bottom.
Interior
Guests enter the store through a vestibule-type entryway. The black and white checkered floor is overlain with a gray Mario Motors design outlined in red. To the left are crates labeled with the letter “M.” Past those, an alcove stores barrels and other “mechanical lubricants.” A larger Mario Kart barrel sits on the ground just under the yellow alcove.
The black and white checkered flooring continues into the store’s main area, with most of the merchandise displays placed in a gray center-area of the floor. There are several styles of merchandise displays, including tiered tables, racks, and shelves lining the walls.
Above all of the merchandise, there is a recessed portion of the ceiling that looks like actual sky. Luigi and peach sail across the sky in their “karts” with matching kites attached. The kites are used as decoration in other areas of the store, as well.
Mario Kart sponsor ads line shelves just below the ceiling. Sitting upon the shelves are spare tires, barrels, and other Mario Kart mechanical needs.
Behind the large display of Mario in his kart, there are faux advertisements for Bullet Bill Speed Trial, Burning DK Sports Drink, and Lemmy’s Tire Service.
Other ads from “sponsors” like MKTV and BaNaNa Boy are wrapped around the store.
Princess Orange, Yoshi’s Egg Market, and Bowser Oil are among many other ads. Barrels and other “kart” maintenance fluids line the upper shelves as well.
Along one wall is a large mural of a Mario Kart track. Above the mural is a red metal track piece and behind it, the Universal Mario Kart logo.
Adjacent to the large mural, four Mario Kart Cups are represented above a section of merchandise. The Universal-themed cup from the attraction also stands out on display nearby.
Team Members working in the store wear blue shorts or pants and red tops with matching blue details. The check-out counter is bright yellow with smaller merchandise shelves embedded.
Brightly colored trim surrounded several of the merchandise units along the walls of the store. The Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge exit also has a bright red archway.
Near the ride’s exit, two Mario Kart posters are framed on the wall. In one, Mario hold a Mushroom Cup and has signed the image. The second is a graphic for all of the service required on Mario Karts.
Other areas of the store aren’t colored as brightly, matching the merchandise in each area.
For a full look inside Mario Motors and the Super Nintendo World Portal at Epic Universe, watch our daytime tour below:
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