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|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])<br>''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|DLC Pack 2]]) (2015)<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2022)

|cups=[[Mushroom Cup]] (''Double Dash!!'')<br>[[Banana Cup]] (''DS'')<br>[[Crossing Cup]] (''8'', ''8 Deluxe'')

}}

As the name implies, the course takes place in an amusement park which includes various elements from the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]], and serves as [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]]'s home course. The track is a platform hanging from a large support complex, where a roller coaster runs above and around the course and a pink [[Train (form)|train]] runs over the rails. It is possible to collide with the roller coaster, though it is very difficult to achieve. The roller coaster obstacle was removed in the DS version and it returned in the Wii U and Switch version of the track as an aesthetic effect.

==''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''==

==''Mario Kart DS''==

Baby Park makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' as the fourth and last race of the [[Banana Cup]]. The course's map has been rotated 180 degrees. This time around, it has five laps instead of seven and lacks the roller coaster obstacle. It was available in Wi-Fi. On the final lap, the music starts playing in F#/G♭ major instead of A major.

==''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''==

Baby Park also reappears in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' as a heavily-revamped DLC [[classic course]] and the first course of the [[Crossing Cup]].

One of the major changes made to the race course is that the entire track is now slanted, making it entirely an [[anti-gravity]] race track. Flowerbeds were added on the inside of the turns as a hazard and potential shortcut. The pink and blue parts of the floor are now split across the track's length instead of its width (with the colors on the turns instead of the parallel tracks). The park background has received many changes, such as the addition of a "Baby Castle" (which is a nod to {{wp|Cinderella Castle|Cinderella's Castle}} at the {{wp|Magic Kingdom}}), new rides added like a redesigned [[Luigi's Mansion (location)|Luigi's Mansion]] as a haunted house attraction, and some of the returning background rides being heavily redesigned, like the Bowser's Ship ride and the Ferris wheel, now resembling the [[Pinna Park]] Ferris wheel from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. The [[hot-air balloon]]s from {{classic-link|N64|Royal Raceway}} appear in the background of the course. The starting banner now shows Baby Mario and Baby Luigi with their shirts, overalls and shoes on as opposed to being solely in diapers like the previous versions. They also have been given slight animations that are found on rides, where they move back and forth. The roller coaster makes its return, though unlike the original, it is impossible to collide with it.

The race on this course has seven laps just like in the original and the revamped music now increases in tempo (and goes up a key) after every lap, making it the first classic course to do this (lap 1 in F major, lap 2 in F#/G♭ major, lap 3 in G major, lap 4 in A♭ major, lap 5 in A major, lap 6 in B♭ major, and lap 7/the final lap in B major). On the final lap, the guard rails start to flash and light up in multiple colors, and like with {{classic-link|N64|Rainbow Road}}, the last part of the music starts to play instead of the beginning of it. During replays and on the [[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack|soundtrack]], the music plays in a style similar to the original game (going up in key after each "verse," but not increasing the tempo).

==''Mario Kart Tour''==

Baby Park returns in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' starting from the [[Cat Tour (2022)|2022 Cat Tour]], being the third course from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' to reappear in ''Mario Kart Tour'' and the first since [[GCN Yoshi Circuit]] and [[GCN Dino Dino Jungle]] at the game's launch in the [[New York Tour]] seventy tours prior. Like GCN Yoshi Circuit, [[N64 Royal Raceway]], and [[N64 Yoshi Valley]], the course is based on its ''Mario Kart 8'' iteration, but uses the music from its original appearance in ''Double Dash!!'' (though it still goes up a key and increases in tempo at each lap like in ''Mario Kart 8'') and has five laps like in ''Mario Kart DS'' (lap 1 in F major, lap 2 in F#/G♭ major, lap 3 in G major, lap 4 in A♭ major, and lap 5/the final lap in A major). Unlike the previous iteration, the course is no longer in anti-gravity and appears as a flat course. The Baby Mario and Baby Luigi pictures on the starting banner have been removed, and the banner's poles have now been redesigned. Like this game's iteration of N64 Royal Raceway, the hot-air balloons are no longer princess-themed, instead taking their design from the ones seen in this game's iteration of [[3DS Daisy Hills]]. The roller coaster has once again been removed, likely to allow players to go outside the loop in the T variation. The guardrails are now colored blue. The Baby Peach statue is now fully golden, the Luigi's Mansion attraction now uses its original design, resembling the mansion's design from this game's iteration of [[DS Luigi's Mansion]], and the Koopa Paratroopa gift shop has been removed. The course's minimap has also been rotated 90° and is positioned off-center in-game, likely also to accommodate the T version.