Down the Rabbit Hole at Stanley Park Mini Golf

High-tech laser rooms and reaction walls where you'll both be terrible and have the best time.

A classic Cloverdale fall date: a hay-wagon ride out to the pumpkin field, a hay-bale maze, and daring each other into the haunted house.

A miniature railway, a rose garden, a waterfall, and a round of mini-golf in Surrey's 150-acre secret.

Vancouver's top-rated escape rooms, where sixty minutes of pressure reveals exactly how the two of you argue under stress.

No ropes, no lessons, just colour-coded problems and a foam floor that makes falling part of the fun.

Eighteen holes through old-growth Douglas firs in Burnaby, where missing a putt is genuinely the fun part.

Seven haunted houses and fifteen-plus rides run after dark at Playland every Wednesday through Sunday in October, Vancouver's biggest Halloween scare.

Three generations of the Marino family, since 1947, serving up glow bowling, reasonably priced beer, and genuine no-dress-code energy on Commercial Drive.

Ping-pong, darts, board games, and cheap pints in Gastown, where the Jenga tower reveals your true character.

Calm, motor-free Whonnock Lake with a sandy beach and beavers included, for the date that does not need a plan.

Davie Village's irreverent neighbourhood bar with board games, celebrity photos everywhere, over-the-top caesars, and 2am doors on weekends.

A free, HUB Cycling-organized night ride along the Seawall and over Burrard Bridge, with hundreds of lit-up bikes, a pre-ride festival, and two timed waves out of David Lam Park.

2.2 km, 890-plus steps, 242 metres of gain, free admission, and a simple policy: whoever stops talking first is losing.

An hour of sweeping and sliding on the actual 2010 Olympics ice for about twenty dollars each, instructor and dignity not guaranteed.