Haunted Hills Hospital is located at 4700 Central Ave, Lake Station, IN 46405. Tickets are $20.00 for General Admission, $30.00 for “EMERGENCY” Fast Pass, and $35.00 for “INSANITY” VIP Pass and a free t-shirt. After you go through the haunt, you can buy a re entry ticket for $5 that lets you go through the haunt again from the VIP line.
At Haunted Hills Hospital, a lot has changed on the outside alone. We are not even talking about the haunt yet! As you get there, you have to go through security first. I think this is a really smart idea because of how crazy it is getting out there. After you go through security, you see a lot of food trucks. They have cheesecake, bbq, and a popcorn truck. Haunted Hills also has an indoor ticket booth now. As you wait in line, they have a DJ playing KILLER rock music! All over the waiting area, they have banners of their characters and a bubble machine with flames coming out of the top! It sounds really weird, but when you see it in person, it’s pretty awesome!
You finally head in and they split you up into groups. As you wait to head inside there is a TV above you telling you the rules of the haunt with clips of their characters. It finally comes time to head into the hospital. These patients are insane! They are jumping off the walls, off the beds and on top of stuff! After walking through the hospital, you enter the clown room. This year they added a lot of stuff to make the clown room way better! Another change is the check-in counter. If you are not wary, something may come after you when you least expect it.
The greatest new addition, in my opinion, is the airbag walls! Now, if you don’t know what the air bag wall is, it’s airbags that you have to push through to get to the other side. This airbag wall that Haunted Hills has just goes up to your hips. As you walk threw them, monsters jump out of the walls towards you and you have nowhere to run! I LOVE THIS IDEA SO MUCH!
Another great thing they have done is conquered the conga line! Now when you walk through the haunt, you most likely have bumped into another group and start missing the scares. They have found a way to stop it! They have spots where they stop you and entertain you. The first stop we talk to two patients. One was complaining that the other patient locked him out of the office and took all his pills, but the other patient that was locked in the room said that the office was his and that other guy is crazy! It was funny seeing them going back and forth. The second stop was a girl playing head, shoulders, knees and toes. These stops are a great way to stop the long line from forming in the haunt.
Finally, at the end of the haunt you come face to face with the chainsaw guys. Now, as I was talking to the managers, I would see the chainsaw guys chasing people out of the haunt out of the corner of my eye. I don’t mean they stop at the exit of the haunt, hey will keep chasing you until you are halfway out of the parking lot!
Haunted Hills Hospital made a lot of great changes. You can tell a HUGE difference from last year to this year. The whole crew worked really hard and it had definitely paid off. But they are not done yet…this is just the beginning of something bigger! Haunted Hills Hospital wants to give you the best experience you’ve ever had! If you have never been to this place yet, come check them out this season!
