Escape Game First Date: 5 Revelations You Will Learn about Your Future Bae

On paper, it may sound a little intimidating: enter a locked room with a person you’ve exchanged very few words with, and who you likely only just met in person for the first time, and then attempt to escape that locked room through close collaboration.

We’ve seen plenty of first dates at Krakit Vancouver Escape Room, and we’ll tell you why it’s a fantastic way to jump start what could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship. (And OK, maybe it’s a little intimidating, but what first date isn’t?)

Here’s just a few of the qualities that a high-pressure situation, multiple brainteasing puzzles, and a 90-minute countdown will reveal about your next bae.

1. How they deal with stress

Put anyone in any situation with a countdown clock, and you’re guaranteed to get the stress hormones flowing. This is great for a first date, because you get to see if that guy who seemed so easygoing on Tinder is actually a tightly wound spring.

2. What their imagination is like

If you’ve chosen an escape room also your first date, odds are you’re a creative person who likes to immerse themselves in challenging situations and, yes, get lost in a little fantasy. No other first date will reveal if your future gal is on the same imaginative wavelength like an escape game date.

3. How well they communicate

We are all very aware that good relationships are built on good communication. So, why not throw this budding romance into the proverbial fire and see how quickly the two of you can get those verbal juices flowing. Without them, you certainly won’t win the escape game, and your date probably won’t win your love.

4. How they cope with failure

Whether or not you solve the escape room, there’s a good chance each one of you will fail at least one of the puzzles. Will your date take failure like a champ? Let’s hope so. Will they take your failures with grace? Let’s doubly hope so!

5. Whether or not they will put you first

A brain-hungry zombie rattles on the door—does your date shield you, or use you as a shield? VERY important to know. Might as well find that out asap.

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The Perks of an Escape Room Date

The modern-day dating scene is a lot different than it once was. Whether you met your new special someone online, via an app, or the old-fashioned way, the goal is still the same: two people connecting.

But while cell phones have made communication easier and lightning quick, there’s still no substitute for face-to-face interaction—something that millennials are well aware of, of course. The “real world experience” that escape games offer is one of the major reasons they’re so popular—and one of the major reasons it makes an escape room the perfect place for a date.

You and your date actually have to talk.

Unlike a going out to a movie or attending a concert, this is one real world experience that you can’t get through silently. If you don’t start communicating immediately—and effectively—then you might not escape the clutches of the evil genius that haunts our Saw-themed escape game. And that, my friends, would be a crying shame.

You can see how well you work together.

Although it’s probably a tall order for a first date, an escape room with a newish beau or beau-ette can help you figure out whether you gel as a team. As we all know, relationships are ultimately about partnership, so testing those waters early on is never a bad idea. Plus, escape rooms are mighty fun—which is never a bad thing either.

You can dazzle your date with your intellect.

There aren’t too many dating activities out there that give you a chance to show off your brain muscles without seeming like a know-it-all. An escape game is the perfect way to let the new person in your life know you’re not just super suave and good looking and uber funny—you’re also a brainiac. Or—on the off-chance the escape game prevails and you don’t win the evening—you can at least show off your “good sport” skills.

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