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Super Nintendo World’s new Mario Kart ride accused of excluding plus size visitors

Universal Studios’ highly anticipated Super Nintendo World partially opened this month – but one ride has been accused of exluding plus size visitors to the theme park.

As part of the attraction’s soft launch, gamers, influencers and some tourists have been invited to try out rides, including the Mario Kart ride.

The augmented reality experience places riders in Bowser’s castle and features coloured carts.

But one element of the immersive ride has fans of the gaming franchise less than excited: the waist circumference limit of 40 inches for visitors.

“Nothing but wonderful things to say about Super Nintendo World except this: the body size limitations on the Mario Kart ride are absolutely ridiculous,” influencer Rocco Botte tweeted of the experience.

“I’ve never had any issue fitting into any ride in my entire life, and I can BARELY fit into this one. Completely absurd.”

TikToker David Vaughn warned his followers: “Unfortunately, the new Mario Kart Bowser’s Challenge attraction comes with a warning that guests whose waistline is at least 40 inches or greater may not be accommodated on the ride.”

Another Twitter user posted: “Can we discuss how at my biggest I would not have been able to fit on Mario Kart? A 40 inch waist line is about a size 20. Are you freaking kidding me @UniStudios? It’s a DARK RIDE.”

Meanwhile, postcast host Matt Mazany claimed this was part of a wider trend of rides excluding bigger theme park visitors.

“Trust me when I say ‘lose a little weight’ is not a novel suggestion,” he wrote in a Facebook post.

“Universal has a history now of releasing new rides (Harry Potter, Life of Pets, and now Mario Kart) where they don’t accommodate big people yet they WILL take full admission price from us. Seems unethical.”

A “test seat” is available at the entrance to the ride so that prospective users can check they will fit.

“This ride employs safety restraints which may restrict certain guests from riding due to body shape and size,” Universal Studios’ guidelines read.

“Guests whose waist line is at least 40 inches or greater may not be accommodated on the ride and are strongly encouraged to try the test seat provided at the entrance of the attraction to ensure their ability to ride.”

“It’s frustrating that theme parks are still creating family-friendly attractions that aren’t accessible to many of their guests,” added David Vaughn in his post.

The average male waist size in the US exceeds the ride’s limit at 40.5 inches; the averge female waist size is 38.7 inches.

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/mario-kart-ride-super-nintendo-world-plus-size-b2273446.html

Mario is fat-shaming people in the US and I love it.

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2 hours ago, Rubin Farr said:

 

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heard interview w/scientist who studies violence and what he found was that in america in every city like 80% of crimes happen in localized areas over long periods of time.  without fail it happens within same areas for decades.. it might shift one way or another and even when the area changes and crime drops it's just moved. "hotspots" is controversial for some and there's different theories and studies etc. 

my brain is like a fogmode demon right now so none of that may make any sense as i've written it. 

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47 minutes ago, ignatius said:

heard interview w/scientist who studies violence and what he found was that in america in every city like 80% of crimes happen in localized areas over long periods of time.  without fail it happens within same areas for decades.. it might shift one way or another and even when the area changes and crime drops it's just moved. "hotspots" is controversial for some and there's different theories and studies etc. 

my brain is like a fogmode demon right now so none of that may make any sense as i've written it. 

this was just the murders in 2022, the gangs gunfight on the North & West sides of town. 

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