Yes! Had similar emerald locations as Yoshifan but went through the sign and collected the two 1-UP capsules, then got to the Ghost room from there.
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PS3. 10270 points in 1.02.15. Top of the PSN leader boards. Was about to go into the passage where the ring capsules are, but unexpectedly landed on the last emerald segment XD