Athens Dash
View of theTheatre of Dionysus
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Appears in	Mario Kart Tour (2023) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 5) (2023)
Cup	Feather Cup
Tours	Athens Dash: Spring Tour Vacation Tour Athens Dash 2: Spring Tour Vacation Tour Athens Dash 3 Anniversary Tour (2023)
Based on	Athens,Greece
Music sample Mario Kart Tour Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Normal Frontrunning
Course map Mario Kart Tour Athens Dash (left) / Athens Dash 2 (center) / Athens Dash 3 (right) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Staff ghosts 8DX150cc Nin★Pedro 1:52.892 8DX200cc Nin★Massim 1:21.362

Athens Dash is a race course inMario Kart Tour. It is set inAthens,Greece and first appeared in theSpring Tour, making it the first city course to debut in a tour that is not named after the city it is based on. The course is the fifth course set in a European city. The course visits various landmarks of the city it is based upon, specifically atop theAcropolis, and the various ruins atop it, such as theParthenon and theErechtheion. Unlike most other city courses, Athens Dash largely keeps the city proper to the background, instead focusing on the ancient ruins the city is known for. Also unlike other real world city courses, which tend to reconstruct real world buildings faithfully, this course takes many liberties regarding its design, such as placing a gigantic statue ofAthena outside the Parthenon, made of ivory and gold and wielding a spear and shield, similarly to the long-disappeared statue ofAthena Parthenos. LikeSydney Sprint andSingapore Speedway, the track largely does not condense landmarks down and instead situates the ones featured around where they are in real life, though akin to the former, it takes more liberties with the layout and what's included. The starting banner consists of two golden statues ofDanaïdes holding vases of water.

There are three routes for this course, named Athens Dash,Athens Dash 2, andAthens Dash 3. The first two routes debuted together while the third route debuted in the2023 Anniversary Tour. The first route takes racers to theTheatre of Dionysus andHadrian's Arch, the second route takes racers off the Acropolis, and the third route features theOdeon of Herodes Atticus and a large drop onto the Theatre of Dionysus. Additionally, the first route starts in the opposite direction compared to the other two. It is the first city course inMario Kart Tour to debut in 2023; additionally, the period of time between its introduction and the introduction of the previous city course is longer than any other city course, with twenty-one tours betweenBangkok Rush's debut in theBangkok Tour and Athens Dash's debut in the Spring Tour. Athens Dash is also the first city course to featurehalf-pipes and the second city course to lack anybrand advertisements, the first being Singapore Speedway. Prior to the official reveal of Athens Dash, references to assets for this course such as pillars and doorways were left within the game's internal data, all of which were appended with the course's internal abbreviation (mobat).

Athens Dash returns inMario Kart 8 Deluxe as the first course of theFeather Cup in theBooster Course Pass.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

The city course's routes in relation to each other.

Athens Dash[edit]

Racers start inside theParthenon. Upon leaving the Parthenon, racers soon take a left turn before going down hill to approach some ruins. Racers can choose to jump off of a ramp and drive along the floor, or jump up on some arches and collect a few coins. After avoiding some ruins that create a fork in the road, racers drive up a ramp before landing on theTheatre of Dionysus. After curving along the seats, racers drive off a boost panel, and take two left turns to enter a cannon located beneath theHadrian's Arch, taking them back up to the Acropolis via a tunnel that has swarms ofSwoops. After exiting the tunnel and taking a left turn, racers make their way back to the Parthenon to reach the finish line.

The course also appears asAthens Dash R (reversed),Athens Dash T (with ramps), andAthens Dash R/T (reversed with ramps). In the R and R/T variants, racers leave the Theatre of Dionysus via road that's not present on the minimap. In the T variant, the Swoops are gone. In the R/T variant, the starting line is now located in the middle of the former gliding section near Hadrian's Arch, making this course one of five courses inMario Kart Tour to not start in the same location as the original, the others being3DS Rock Rock Mountain T,3DS Rainbow Road T and R/T, andSingapore Speedway R/T. The gliding section itself is now shortened to begin after the new starting line.

Appearances[edit]

For this course's tour appearances, seeList of Athens Dash tour appearances inMario Kart Tour § Athens Dash.

Top-tier and middle-tier items[edit]

Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Athens Dash and its variants are alwaysfavored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, seeList of Athens Dash tour appearances inMario Kart Tour.

Course	Three-item drivers	Bonus points ×2 karts	Combo bonus ×3 gliders	Two-item drivers	Bonus points ×1.5 karts	Combo bonus ×2 gliders
Normal variant					**
R variant
T variant				***	***
R/T variant					***	***
* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6. *** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8 for High-End items.

Bonus challenges[edit]

Do Jump Boosts
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Toad	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	10 13 16	Spring Tour	Fire Rosalina Cup

Big Reverse Race
Icon	Course variant	Opponents									Tour appearances	Cup
			7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	Extra
	Regular	Driver									Spring Tour	Dry Bowser Cup
		Kart
		Glider

Time Trial
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Boomerang Bro	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	1:48.00 1:42.00 1:35.00	Vacation Tour	Boomerang Bro Cup

Athens Dash 2[edit]

This route starts in the opposite direction of the first route. After leaving theParthenon, racers take a left turn and approach theErechtheion briefly before taking aglide ramp into a street resemblingMonastiraki, driving down many sets of staircases as they approach a wide U-bend. After the U-bend, racers approach theRoman Agora while avoiding aThwomp. They then begin driving uphill, avoidingboulders that fall down the Acropolis. Here, there is a shortcut in a narrow tunnel that can be reached with a boost. Once up the Acropolis, racers drive beneath theBeulé Gate and thePropylaea while avoiding a pair ofGoombas. After a brief straightaway, they approach the finish line.

The course also appears asAthens Dash 2R (reversed),Athens Dash 2T (with ramps), andAthens Dash 2R/T (reversed with ramps). In all three variants, the boulders and Goombas are gone. In the R variant, there are two Thwomps positioned side-by-side, and racers use acannon just after the wide U-bend. In the T variant, there are five Thwomps throughout the course, and the gliding section is gone; racers instead use a glide ramp once up the Acropolis. In the R/T variant, all Thwomps are gone.

Appearances[edit]

For this course's tour appearances, seeList of Athens Dash tour appearances inMario Kart Tour § Athens Dash 2.

Top-tier and middle-tier items[edit]

Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Athens Dash 2 and its variants are alwaysfavored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, seeList of Athens Dash 2 tour appearances inMario Kart Tour.

Course	Three-item drivers	Bonus points ×2 karts	Combo bonus ×3 gliders	Two-item drivers	Bonus points ×1.5 karts	Combo bonus ×2 gliders
Normal variant				***	*****	***
R variant					***
T variant
R/T variant						**
* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6. *** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8 for High-End items.

Bonus challenges[edit]

Time Trial
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Hammer Bro	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	2:00.00 1:55.00 1:50.00	Spring Tour	Peachette Cup
	R	Black Shy Guy	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	1:48.00 1:43.00 1:36.00	Vacation Tour	Bowser Cup

Athens Dash 3[edit]

This route starts in the same direction as the second route. After exiting theParthenon, racers immediately take a right turn to drive on adash panel ramp, sending them on a long fall onto theTheatre of Dionysus. Upon landing, racers drive on a road connecting to the stage of the theatre, turning right to approach the ruins. After taking a split path around a ruin in the middle of the road and tricking off fallen pillars, racers take a left into an entrance to theOdeon of Herodes Atticus. Racers drive across the Odeon's stage before ascending a section of seats covered in dirt to leave the Odeon. Racers then take a right next to theBeulé Gate to climb up some stairs and drive beneath thePropylaea, while avoiding a pair ofThwomps, before taking one last straightaway to the finish line.

The course also appears asAthens Dash 3R (reversed),Athens Dash 3T (with ramps), andAthens Dash 3R/T (reversed with ramps). In the R and T variants, the Thwomps are gone. In the R variant, racers use aglide ramp to exit the Theatre of Dionysus. In the T variant, there is a glide ramp that allows racers to glide over the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. In the R/T variant, the pair of Thwomps now appears where racers exit the threate.

Top-tier and middle-tier items[edit]

Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Athens Dash 3 and its variants are alwaysfavored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, seeList of Athens Dash 3 tour appearances inMario Kart Tour.

Course	Three-item drivers	Bonus points ×2 karts	Combo bonus ×3 gliders	Two-item drivers	Bonus points ×1.5 karts	Combo bonus ×2 gliders
Normal variant					**
R variant				***
T variant
R/T variant					**	**
* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6. *** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8 for High-End items.

Bonus challenges[edit]

Time Trial
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Dry Bowser	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	1:35.00 1:30.00 1:25.00	Anniversary Tour (2023)	Kamek Cup

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

Tour Athens Dash inMario Kart 8 Deluxe

Athens Dash returns inMario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of Wave 5 of theBooster Course Pass DLC. It appears as the first course of theFeather Cup. It has received significant visual upgrades compared to its appearance inMario Kart Tour. The cannon from the first route has been replaced with a normal Glide Ramp. As Athens Dash 3 had yet to be released when this course was added to the Booster Course Pass, Athens Dash is one of the twoTour city courses alongsideSydney Sprint to be added to the pass before all three variants were released. The course features a second starting line (along the Athens Dash 3 route), making it the second course in theMario Kart series to open a cup and use sections (afterWuhu Loop inMario Kart 7) and the third course in the series to feature both laps and sections, the first two beingN64 Kalimari Desert andTour Singapore Speedway (though unlike those courses, the section replaces the second lap rather than the third). It is used to begin the second lap, while the third and final lap starts in reverse along the Athens Dash 2 route.^[1] Lap 1 follows the route of 1, although instead of racers turning left toward the finish line, racers take a U-turn to section 2. Section 2 follows Athens Dash 3's route, and Lap 3 takes on the route of 2. Many changes have been made. The beginning ramp was changed to a wooden one, leading to the raised pillar route being adjusted and the split path at the bottom is removed. The pillars take after their functionality from Athens Dash 3, rather than being short and static like in Athens Dash 1 and 2. The large drop on the Athens Dash 3 route now has several consecutive trickable green ramps on the way down (similar in function to Athens Dash 3T's singularKanaami Road), leading racers to more consistently land on theTheatre of Dionysus's stage. The Thwomps have been removed. The minimap has also been rotated 90° clockwise.

Tour Athens Dash is one of three courses fromMario Kart Tour to be present in the fifth wave, alongsideTour Los Angeles Laps andTour Vancouver Velocity.

Internally, the course is referred to as "Cnsw_65", implying it may have originally been intended to be the first course of theSpiny Cup.

On the Nintendo Switch's newsfeed in North America, an article erroneously names this course asTour Athens Drift.^[2]

Unlike other city courses that do not use staff ghosts from their home nations, Athens Dash has a Spanish staff ghost, rather than an American or Japanese one.

Profiles[edit]

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

• Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
  • Here's a sneak peek of what's to come in #MarioKartTour! Toad and Yoshi went ahead to check out the new tour location and sent a picture back. It looks like some races are about to heat up in a historic city with towering temples.^[3]
  • The Yoshi Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Next up is the Spring Tour featuring the course Athens Dash course^[sic], along with other European city courses!^[4]

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

• Nintendo Switch News app (US):
  • This course first appeared in the Mario Kart Tour game.
  • This course is modeled after the city of Athens in Greece. What a historic place!
  • Speaking of history, you'll speed through historical sites such as temple ruins.
  • Keep an eye out for jump boost opportunities. In addition to the course layout being different depending on the lap, stairs and pillars add different heights into the mix too.
• Nintendo Switch News app (UK):Become a racing hero in Athens Dash!
  Here's a closer look at another course released as part of the fifth wave, which is available now: Athens Dash.
  First appearing in the smart device app Mario Kart Tour, the course is set in the Greek capital of Athens, meandering through and among the ancient temples, stadiums and gates whose ruins are dotted around the city. Each lap takes a different route, and the track is full of stairways, ramps and fallen pillars, giving the smart racer ample opportunity to trigger Jump Boosts - this will be key to claiming the laurel wreath of victory!

Gallery[edit]

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

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  Combined map of all layouts

Athens Dash[edit]

Course icons[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, seeGallery:Mario Kart Tour race course icons (original courses) § Athens Dash.

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  The course icon

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  The course icon of the R variant

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  The course icon of the T variant

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  The course icon of the R/T variant

Screenshots[edit]

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  View of the starting line

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  Alternative view of the starting line

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  View ofHadrian's Arch

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  View from the descending slope

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  View of theTheatre of Dionysus

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  View of some pillars

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  View of theParthenon

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  Alternate View of the Parthenon

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  The statue ofAthena

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  View of the statue of Athena & the Parthenon

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  Athens Dash in the trailer for the Spring Tour

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  Toad (Tourist) and Rosalina (Volendam) on Athens Dash

Athens Dash 2[edit]

Course icons[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, seeGallery:Mario Kart Tour race course icons (original courses) § Athens Dash 2.

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  The course icon

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  The course icon of the R variant

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  The course icon of the T variant

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  The course icon of the R/T variant

Screenshots[edit]

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  View of the urban area resemblingMonastiraki

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  View of a staircase

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  View of the road up theAcropolis

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  Alternate view of the staircase

Athens Dash 3[edit]

Course icons[edit]

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  The course icon

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  The course icon of the R variant

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  The course icon of the T variant

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  The course icon of the R/T variant

Screenshots[edit]

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  Overview of the course

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  View of the split path around the fountain and the entrance to the tunnel.

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  View of Odeon Herodeus Atticus.

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  View of Thwomps blocking the middle path on a staircase.

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  View of the fountain

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  Panorama of Athens Dash.

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  Peach (Vacation),Gold Mario,Luigi (Gold Knight),Daisy (Thai Dress),Donkey Kong (Gladiator),Rosalina (Volendam),Toad (Tourist), andPauline driving on the course

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

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  The course icon

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  The full course icon

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  Results screen

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  View of the starting line

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  View of the course

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  View of theTheater of Dionysus

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  View of theGoombas

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  Link on the course

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Notes[edit]

• Athens Dash is the second course in theMario Kart series to feature three differentfinish line locations, but to only have one of them ever be used among its numbered routes inMario Kart Tour (the first being Singapore Speedway). They are:
  • The finish line in Athens Dash, Athens Dash 2, and Athens Dash 3, and beginning the first and third laps inMario Kart 8 Deluxe.
  • The finish line in Athens Dash R/T.
  • The finish line beginning the second lap of the course inMario Kart 8 Deluxe.

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