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Kansas City Date Ideas
Date ideas around Kansas City, from a Ferris wheel and arcades to barbecue tours and a rose garden.
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Kansas City has plenty to do on a date, first or tenth year. Visit KC counts more than 50 arcade games at Up-Down and 3,000 roses at Loose Park. KC Wheel's own date package pairs a gondola ride with mini golf and one drink each for $63.99 per couple. Some spots need a reservation or a specific night, so check first. Pick one or stack two. The list sticks to KC and nearby Weston and Overland Park. It skips hotels and overnight stays, sorry.
Why these items are on the list
- Ride the KC Wheel. KC Wheel towers 150 feet up. Its $63.99 couple package adds mini golf and one drink each.
- Go ziplining at Zip KC. Visit KC says Zip KC's 143-acre park has a 65-foot tower and nine lines. Go Ape is the treetop alternative.
- Try an escape room. Breakout KC, The Basement or The Escape Game on the Plaza. Solve it together or bicker.
- Tour the West Bottoms haunted houses. Visit KC calls The Edge of Hell KC's oldest haunted house and The Beast America's largest.
- Play arcade games at Up-Down. Visit KC counts more than 50 arcade games, plus skee-ball and a long list of Kansas and Missouri craft beer.
- Hit balls at Topgolf. Visit KC says Overland Park's year-round Topgolf has 102 climate-controlled bays and a rooftop beer garden for a nightcap.
- Play lawn games at Char Bar. Croquet, bocce and sand bags in the backyard after barbecue, with fire pits if you'd rather relax.
- Take a KC barbecue tour. Visit KC describes a four-hour guided bus trip to four different barbecue joints.
- Start with dessert. Chocolates from Christopher Elbow or pie flights at The Upper Crust. Dinner can wait.
- Share dim sum at Bo Lings. Visit KC says push carts roll by with delicacies, crispy shrimp and roast pork among them.
- Take a couples cooking class. The Culinary Center of Kansas City in Overland Park. You cook, then you eat.
- Tour The Roasterie. Visit KC says daily tours cover cupping, roasting and blending. It suggests enjoying a cup afterward in the factory cafe.
- Throw pottery at Belger Arts Center. Visit KC says Belger runs Friday Date Night events once a month, a nod to Ghost.
- Wine-hop in Weston. Visit KC calls Weston a beautiful historic town for wine-hopping, just 30 minutes from downtown KC.
- Visit LEGOLAND adults-only night. Visit KC says No Kids Allowed nights run the second Thursday of each month, for adults 18 and older.
- Catch live jazz. Visit KC says Green Lady Lounge serves live jazz seven nights a week, with a romantic ambiance.
- Walk the Loose Park rose garden. According to Visit KC, the 75-acre park holds 3,000 roses of 150 varieties, and picnics are fine.
- Take a carriage ride on the Plaza. Visit KC describes the Plaza as 15 blocks of architecture and fountains. Or float a gondola on Brush Creek.
- Lock your love at Old Red Bridge. In Minor Park, couples scribe initials on a padlock, echoing the Paris tradition.
- Browse the City Market. Ride the KC Streetcar to the River Market. Visit KC says it's home to the region's largest farmers market.
- Go ice skating at Crown Center. Kansas City Mom Collective says the Crown Center Ice Terrace opens in early November.
- Throw axes at Blade and Timber. Friendly competition, with craft brews and their "lumbersnacks".
- Book a K1 Speed race. Kansas City Mom Collective advises making reservations to avoid a long wait at K1 Speed.
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