The San Francisco Dungeon, a tourist attraction in Fisherman's Wharf, is putting a new spin on the idea of a tech blackout by immersing smartphone-obsessed San Franciscans in a literal blackout below the city.
Bay Area residents can nominate their friends and family for banishment by sharing tales of their tech-obsessed loved ones on the San Francisco Dungeon’s website. One unlucky soul and a friend will be challenged to disconnect from their phones and spend the night in a custom-built coffin(!!) at the underground attraction—without posting to social media first.
This is the same Dungeon that brought you the infamous Rat Cafe and let Halloween-enthusiasts spend the night in an Alcatraz jail cell, so you know it has to be twisted.
The blackout challenge is part of the Dungeon's immersive new experience that leads guests on an underground journey through the pitch-black crevices of the haunted San Francisco gold mines. You'll have to find your way through the darkness with only a rope and the instructions of an old-timey miner in search of gold. That's comforting, right?