Holiday Tour (2019)

The Holiday Tour was the seventh tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on December 18, 2019 and ended on December 31, 2019. Due to this tour taking place during Christmas and New Year's Eve, a variant of Yoshi in a outfit and a variant of Pauline in a New Year's party outfit appeared as spotlight characters. This tour also introduced Birdo as a playable character for the first time in the series since Mario Kart Wii. Like the 2019 Winter Tour and the London Tour, festive trees were added on all courses featured during the first week of the tour; hitting one with an item during a race would grant "Happy Holidays!" bonus points. The tour also introduced a new bonus challenge, Combo Attack, as well as a new classic course, Rainbow Road from Mario Kart 7. This tour also introduced a new variant of the New York Minute course, New York Minute 2. This tour also introduced the R/T variants of SNES Mario Circuit 1, N64 Kalimari Desert, and 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon. This is the first tour where a new version of the same city appears in the same year. The menu's background featured the as the landmark for this tour (except it takes place at night like racing on New York Minute instead of the day).

Starting from this tour, Pauline is now available in regular tour pipes.

Signature kart sets
Drivers with a corresponding cup in the tour were bumped one rank up in every course of their cup. Each one had a specific kart and glider pair that were also bumped one rank up, though these sometimes changed between tours.

Rewards
Gold cells indicate rewards exclusive to Gold Pass members.

Profiles

 * Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
 * "This time of year is jam-packed with holiday fun, so it's no surprise that the last tour of the year is the aptly named Holiday Tour! And it starts Dec. 17, 10:00 PM PT! Rev up festive fun with blue!"
 * "Buckle in for some festive fun with the Holiday Tour! From historic cities to rainbow roads, this tour features a variety of courses across a total of 18 cups. It's the perfect way to close out 2019!"