People are waiting hours to go on Super Nintendo World's new Mario Kart ride. Here's how to bypass the long wait and get on the ride faster.
- Super Nintendo World is now officially open to the public at Universal Studios Hollywood in California.
- The wait for Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge can currently be over two hours long.
Super Nintendo World officially opened to the public on February 17 at Universal Studios Hollywood in California and unless you arrive early to get on the park's newest attraction, Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge, you could be waiting in line for upwards of 150 minutes to take a spin on the ride.
The attraction queue is so immersive and intricately detailed that it's never a boring wait. (You actually walk through Bowser's castle for a good portion.)
However, if you don't want to wait over two hours to race Bowser and his friends and don't mind missing out on all of the fun details, you may want to opt for the attraction's single-rider queue.
When I visited the park solo on opening day, I watched the standby line's wait time grow from 60 mins at 8:15 a.m. — a mere 10 minutes after the park opened to guests — to 150 minutes by 9:39 a.m.
The long wait time almost deterred me from wanting to experience the attraction on opening day.
But before I decided to call it quits, I asked one of the employees at the ride entrance if there was a single-rider line open. There was!
When I asked if they knew what the wait time was, they took a step forward, looked up, and told me it looked pretty empty.
That sounded odd for opening day, but I figured I had to check it out.
I entered the single-rider queue at 9:56 a.m, sped my way through the majority of the very long line, got on the attraction at 10:12 a.m., and was off the ride by 10:20 a.m.
On opening day, I was able to bypass a 150-minute standby line and waited about 16 minutes to get on Universal Studios Hollywood's hottest new ride.
The queue didn't have as much to look at, but it did have the best views of Super Nintendo World if you're looking for a great photo opp.
You can watch how quickly I made it through most of the line here:
Since the attraction officially opened at the park, I've seen the wait time listed at 150 minutes on other mornings. At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the wait time reached four hours long.
Here's how to find the single-rider line
When you walk through the warp pipe to enter the attraction, make an immediate right turn. Don't go straight.
It doesn't seem like you would even need to turn right, but you'll spot a corridor up ahead.
It looks like it may be an area that you're not supposed to enter, but as you walk closer you'll notice a sign above the entrance that reads "Single Rider" in small font.
One thing you should keep in mind is that you may not have the same experience as me.
I've had at least one fan reach out to me since I tried this hack and tell me they waited 80 minutes in the single-rider line when the regular standby queue was 100 minutes on a weekend day.
This hack may work better during the week when the park's a little less crowded.
I'll also note that the single-rider queue isn't grand. It's pretty plain, though it does give you more views of Super Nintendo World from up above for some optimal selfies.
But if you're just aiming to get on the attraction as fast as possible and don't mind going it alone, this may be the right move for you.