Episode 1: The Manta Storm
- Objective: Defeat the Manta. It splits into parts every time you kill it.
This is the Island's most luxurious hotel, but the guests are a bit irate at the moment because they have reservations but no hotel. There is a new kind of goop covering the ground though, and it's more dangerous than what you've seen up to now because it gives you a painful electric shock if you touch it.
Clean up some of the goop; there are two Nokis buried in it that will be grateful for a rescue. You can also get a 1-Up by breaking the middle box of three on the left side of the beach. Speak to the hotel manager who is right next to where the hotel should be on a large square surrounded by moat. He'll tell you that a manta-shaped silhouette appeared, covered the beach in electric goop, and destroyed his hotel. Then, he'll be interrupted by its return.
Episode 2: The Hotel Lobby's Secret
- Objective: spray the pink ghosts to make stairs to the top floor appear.
The hotel is back but it's still not open to guests because there are ghosts all over. Talk to the manager again to be shown inside and you'll see what the problem is. There are Boos wandering around and, according to one of the hotel staff, they came out of the mouth of a statue on the top floor.
Getting there is tricky because the stairs all have emergency shutters in place. There are pink Boos floating around the middle of the lobby and if you spray them they turn into pink blocks you can stand on. So you need spray to get a block, jump up to it and spray to get a block a bit higher. Keep doing this to make your way up to the top floor. Now just hover into the statue's mouth to enter a secret level.
From the starting platform hop to the row of brick blocks on the left. Stus start coming toward you but these should be no problem. There are more bricks above you as you get near the end of the row, and you can break these from below by jumping. (Mario's head has always been very hard.) The first of these blocks has a 1-Up inside.
Do a wall-kick or triple jump to get up to the next row of blocks. There are gaps which you must get across, but there are flying Stus you can use as stepping stones. These fly left and right so you have to time your jumps. One of the blocks is made of sand which dissolves when you stand on it, so it takes a bit of extra planning to jump from it to the Stu.
You land on a ledge with brick blocks above it. Jump to break on of them at the lowest layer, then use wall kicks to get the ones above it until you can wall kick up to the top. Next follow the trail of sand blocks; if you've already done the Dune Bud Sand Castle Secret in Gelato Beach then you should be used to this, but the path here is a bit more complicated. There is a side path going down to the right but avoid it.
Now you're on a rectangle of blocks of various kinds. There are watermelon blocks at the far end and if you smash your way down to the bottom of these a 1-Up appears.
At the bottom of the far end is a gear shaped block and the next step is to jump onto it. It starts to move and turn when you do; you just need to stay on top until it takes you to your destination. The gear teeth make this rather tricky though, so make sure you don't try to go over them faster than you need to.
There is a pile of sand blocks to jump to at the then of the gear block ride. Get over to the other side being careful not to slip as you're coming down the far side. There you are met by one last Stu who is guarding the Shine.
Episode 3: Mysterious Hotel Delfino
- Objective:Discover the mystery of the hotel.
First you have to go up and talk to the hotel guy. Once inside go to the bathroom on the left. You'll see a water dripping, jump up in the corner with the water. Now you're in a room, you can jump on the bed into the pool room (but don't need to do that yet) or shoot the picture with water until a ghost picture shows up. Now you can jump through it. When you jump through you're in another room; you can kill the ghosts in there, then spray the closet doors to get a ghostly outline. Once you do that, walk through and you're in another room. There is an opening in the ceiling of this room. To go through it you'll need to spray one of the pink ghosts to turn it into a block, hop on the block, and through the opening in the ceiling. In the next room there's a person and a shelf. Shoot the shelf for a secret door to appear. Now you're in a room with a guy: you can shoot the poster he has up for it to open up, when you go through you'll find a blue coin. Go back into the room with the guy then look at the ground and find the floor you can jump through (might have to do a butt slam). Now there're boxes: break them open until you find a pineapple. Pick it up and take it to the first floor for Yoshi to have.
Now you have Yoshi. Now go up the stairs, while riding Yoshi, to the third floor. One of the rooms have no doors, go into it and there are two people sitting there. Jump on the bed and go through the open part on the ceiling. There's a guy sweeping and a lot of sleeping ghosts. Use Yoshi to kill the ghosts by licking them. Go around and do that until you come to an end. There should be the floor you can jump through, don't go to the middle one. Butt slam on it and you fall into the pool area. The shine sprite is all yours.
Episode 4: The Secret of Casino Delfino
- Objective: Play some slots and finish the level in an obstacle course.
Talk to the hotel manager and go inside. To the left, right before the bathrooms, there will be another room behind the glass wall. Talk to the Pianta to go inside. Go to the massive slot games and spray them until you get 3 Sevens. The ones on the left are broken meaning you can spray only one wheel and stop it by ending the spray. The ones on the right will require a single spray to spin, later stopping on luck. When both of slots yield all Sevens, go to the "?" tiles in the back of the casino (this was previously covered by a curtain). Spray the tiles until a picture of a Shine Sprite is revealed, causing a pipe to open up. The secret level here is fairly easy.
Episode 5: King Boo Down Below
- Objective: Defeat King Boo
Talk to the Mayor and he'll mention strange noises have been heard in the casino. Enter the casino, and you'll see a purple space on the roulette wheel. Ground Pound it, and get ready for a boss battle.
You'll fight King Boo. He will spit up Boos to attack you. Spray him, and he'll spin the slots below him. There are several outcomes:
- Fruit: Fruit appears. Look for a chili pepper and chuck it into King Boo's mouth, then hit him with a different fruit to damage him.
- ?: Different enemies appear. Be careful.
- Coins: Coins appear. Handy to help restore life.
- Strollin' Stu/Smolderin' Stu: Strollin' Stus appear in great numbers. Watch out, because Smolderin' Stus also appear. Douse them quickly.
- No Luck: Bubbles appear when the slots don't match. Pop them to get bottles to refill FLUDD's tank. However, the bubbles can hurt you.
If you can hit King Boo with three fruits, he'll be defeated. Then, claim your Shine Sprite.
Episode 6: Scrubbin' Sirena Beach
- Objective: Clean up Sirena Beach
The electric goop is back! Get it cleaned up in three minutes! Use the spray nozzle for most of it (the Hover Nozzle is much slower), but you can throw the barrels to get a large areas. It may also help to hold down 
and tap 
to produce a wide spray of water. Don't worry about getting every little drip; it's enough to get the larger patches. When you're done, talk to the manager again to collect your Shine.
Episode 7: Shadow Mario Checks In
- Objective: Chase down Shadow Mario
Shadow Mario is causing trouble in Hotel Delfino! Squirt him before he gets away. Watch out for the Boos, because they disguise themselves as Shadow Mario. The only difference is that the boos are a slightly lighter colour.
Episode 8: Red Coins in the Hotel
- Objective: Find the Red Coins
Hit the red switch in the hotel. You have five minutes to find all the Red Coins.