Wing Cap Course - 8 Red Coins

N64
After we get 10 Stars, we find a light shining down in the foyer on the sun on the floor near the entrance to the castle. We zoom in for a close-up look and look up to where the light is coming from. This transports us into the Wing Cap Course! We see Mario wearing a cap with wings in the air where four towers stand. One of my favorite remixes of the Starman theme plays. We get the following message: "Welcome to the Wing Cap Course! Step on the red switch at the top of the tower, in the center of the rainbow ring. When you trigger the switch, all of the red blocks you find will become solid. Try out the Wing Cap! Do the Triple Jump to take off and press Z to land. Pull back on the Control Stick to go up and push forward to nose down, just as you would when flying an airplane."

I love how they assume you know how to fly a plane and how that works. You could just fly down to the tower in the center where the switch is, but there's a Star here, too. There are 8 Red Coins surrounded by coin rings in the air. Just follow the path of coins to get them. This is easier said than done. I tried to get the Red Coins, but I missed some and dropped out of the sky 4 times. The Wing Cap doesn't really allow you to gain altitude, so you are slowly descending. If you miss one of the first 6 coins while trying to get all 8, just start over. You won't be able to reach them again. If you fall, you just land in the moat near the castle without losing a life. Just go back into the castle and try again. On my fifth try, I got 7 Red Coins, but missed the last one on the lowest ring. I steered for the center tower and tripped the Red Switch. I got the message: "You've stepped on the Wing Cap Switch. Wearing the Wing Cap, you can soar through the sky. Now Wing Caps will pop out of all the red blocks you find. Would you like to Save? Yes/No"

The Slide music starts playing after the Wing Cap runs out. I hit the red block near the switch, look for the lowest coin ring, triple jumped and got the 8th Red Coin. The Star appeared over the center tower. As we land back in the foyer, we are told that this is one of the castle's secret Stars.
Star Get #11, 24 Coins, 4 Lives