{"id":338461,"date":"2026-07-13T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338461\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:56:01","slug":"epic-universe-reportedly-clears-donkey-kong-mine-cart-madness-to-operate-in-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338461\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Universe Reportedly Clears Donkey Kong Mine-Cart Madness to Operate in Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Universe at Universal Orlando Resort has reportedly cleared Donkey Kong Mine-Cart Madness to operate in the rain.<\/p>\n<p>Donkey Kong Mine-Cart Madness<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/uor-ueu-snw-dk-mine-cart-madness-6711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/uor-ueu-snw-dk-mine-cart-madness-6711.jpg\" alt=\"While the ride would still need to close during active lightning nearby, it seems Mine Cart Madness can now stay open during rainstorms. Epic Universe is able to change this policy at any time, but for now it will be one less attraction fully impacted by frequent rain in the area. \" class=\"wp-image-1457462\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the ride would still need to close during active lightning nearby, Donkey Kong Mine-Cart Madness can now stay open during rainstorms. Epic Universe is able to change this policy at any time, but for now it will be one less attraction fully impacted by frequent rain in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the attractions at Epic Universe have to close during rain. In fact, more than half of them have to close when it rains because they are outdoors. This will be helpful in keeping wait times down during periods of inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s up to you to help Donkey Kong protect the Golden Banana on Mine-Cart Madness\u2122. Enter the majestic Golden Temple, board your mine cart and take off in this thrilling family coaster. Speeding through the mine, you\u2019ll appear to jump across gaps in the track and perform other eye-popping feats from the Donkey Kong Country video games.<\/p>\n<p>Watch our ride POV below:<\/p>\n<p>Do you like this ride? Let us know on social media. <\/p>\n<p>For more Universal Studios news from around the world, follow Universal Parks News Today on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniNewsToday\" target=\"_blank\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversalParksNewsToday\" target=\"_blank\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uninewstoday\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>. For Disney Parks news, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/category\/parks-resorts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDWNT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Epic Universe at Universal Orlando Resort has reportedly cleared Donkey Kong Mine-Cart Madness to operate in the rain.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139203,139204,6113,139,141,140,3434,42595],"class_list":["post-338461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-dokey-kong","tag-donkey-kong-mine-cart-madness","tag-epic-universe","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-universal-orlando","tag-uor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}