Haunted Hollow

DO NOT GO HERE… This place they will RIP you OFF!!! If you can’t ride the same day you purchase the ticket (s), they will not honor it another day! Even though you purchase the tickets and they weren’t used. There are NO signs stating a purchaser cannot return later, it Only states no refunds. I didn’t want a refund. I only wanted a ride that I paid $ 45 for!!!

I went for the first time this year and was nervous because I’m a die hard hoochie fan but omgosh was this place amazing the bus ride is so fun and the prison/​hotel doesn’t have a bunch of «actors» popping out on you but there’s times you literally can’t see the halls get super tight and on top of that they still have some actors popping out

We had a blast! Line was incredibly long! I mean like an hour and a half standing in a field long! Once the fun started though, you forgot the wait.

This haunted attraction is a more unique one in the area. It has three haunts at it. Two are walk through houses the other is a bus ride. Now a bus ride haunt sounds wierd but it is a lot of fun. The top of the bus has been cut off so you sit in the open air. It goes throuhg the woods and tunnels and some other suprises. I normal find these rides kind of lame but this one I have done it a few times and always have a good time. The two houses are fun but beware if you are a big guy they might not be for you. It is very tight in places and i even have gotten stuck in places and had to be pusshed to get through. The lines can get really long and you want to make sure you are in line for the bus before 11:45 because that is when the line closes. the houses stay open untill everyone gets through them.

So you’re planning for a peaceful night out, in the dark. in the woods. in the middle of nowhere. Yeah, that’s how I like to spend a Saturday night too. You drive for what seems like an eternity and you finally see the Cowan Lake signs, so you know you’re close. I went to this haunt over 10 years ago and they’ve done alot to improve it in those years of my absence.
Ok, first I’ll give you some tips that will make your trek more enjoyable. Go in a group!!! It was extremely crowded when we arrived and we got there before it was even officially open! So in order to save time, part of the group went to the ticket stand and the other half went to wait in the line that was wrapping through the field and almost to a barn in the far off distance.
As we waited in line the smells of diesel started creeping to our nostrils and the blaring of horns was heard from literally, a mile away. There is a stage with an animatronic demon of some sort who sings such classics as, «Pimp Juice,» because you wanna put your feet on my rug. Don’t cha? and whatever else Kiss 107.1 decides to play for the evening. I mean that alone was worth the $ 20 in my opinion.
As the line gets closer you can see the two other haunted attractions that you’ll be traversing through later to your left. Costumed characters started wandering out at this point with their devious stares and too close for comfort stances.
Once it was our turn a bus with no roof rushes up and slams on it’s brakes for dramatic effect. The swoosh of the hydraulic door is enticing. Another tip, when you get on the bus. sit on the right side. You’ll come back and thank me for it later. The bus takes you on a leisurely drive through death and carnage with a little adventure added in too. I’m not going to spoil it for you. but this haunt is the best of the 3 in this location.
After the bus ride we went to the Slaughter Hotel and waited in another never ending line. When we finally made it to the door after another hour of waiting, we grabbed the handle and stepped inside. The electric went off to the whole building. We were told to go back outside and we sat there forever waiting some more as they tried to fix the problem. However these things happen, and we were finally allowed to head inside.
I actually liked this one. It was fun and the characters were very interactive. I kept joking that this place must not have room service and other cracks about hotels through the tour. After having waited for so long for the other two we almost didn’t make it to the Nightmare Penitentiary.
We arrived around 7:45 pm and were pretty tired by that point, but we paid the full price for all 3 so I wanted to go to ALL 3! Well, if we had missed the last one it wouldn’t have been that big a deal because it really wasn’t that spectacular. We ended up leaving that place by 11:30, and it wasn’t because of the length of the haunts, but rather all the lines. Ugh.
I’d go again for the bus ride, but I wouldn’t waste my money on the other two, and I’ll get there ridiculously early next time.

Honestly… what’s better than fire breathing semi’s? Not a whole lot that’s what!
Out in the backwoods of Clinton County just south of Wilmington, you will find the Haunted Hollow. This year they have 3 attractions; The bus ride, Slaughter Hotel and Nightmare Penitentiary.
The last bus of the night leaves at 11:45 so make sure you’re there plenty early. But since you are herded onto buses missing their roofs, the line moves pretty quickly. The bus driver takes you out into the woods, through a few barns, where creatures are lurking to try a sample. As you emerge from these sheds, occasionally you’ll notice you might have an extra passenger you didn’t before. As you continue down the path you find the missing pieces of your bus, and other vehicles, including an airplane, that weren’t so lucky to make it out. As these kinfolk come running to the bus to see whats going on, you realize they’re not stopping as they jump on the side to get a whiff of you. You need to continuously watch your head going through barns and sheds and under car parts and bridges and what not. You never know who or what is going to lurking overhead, ready to snatch you up into the night.
And just when you think you’ve made it out when you come to a clearing… a roar of fire from more than one semi truck makes you rethink your decision… Especially when they fire up and come roaring from the fields straight at you!!! This is half the reason I docked them a star, as I had heard that the semi’s actually ram into the bus… but sadly no… Not that it didn’t come close to side swiping us as the driver leaned out and held onto the side of the bus looking like he was going to jump in! That and with multiple trucks they could have done a bit more with it just saying…
Next it was off to Slaughter hotel Where the bell hop comes out of nowhere to let you into the elevator to descend 13 floors below the earth. As you’re walking through well themed rooms and hallways, after a little while it gets darker and darker and the theming gives way to dark tunnels that you’re not sure if you’re supposed to go into, or if that’s where the actors hide. But as you keep going turn by turn you realize you must be going the right way… until you emerge and see the group that went in before you coming out of a swinging one way door… odd… That is until you go the other direction and realize you’re not in a more lit maze of twists and turns and that door is seemingly the only one, until an actor jumps out to scare you from the curtains. Thus leading you down another dark hall and a giant of a man and a chair blocking the only legit looking door, and a full size morgue freezer door that you assume you must go through, but won’t open… That is until people lean against the wall in the hallway, and you’ve found your next destination. There are a lot of passages and one way doors, that you swear lead you to the back stage area where the actors must hide… but then as you continue on, you start to think that maybe that’s just how its supposed to be. It’s a bit odd but really kind of neat as you really don’t have a clue where you’re going or where you’re at or where you’ve been!
Nightmare Penitentiary was much the same, with the maze concept only set in a jail theme. This is the other half of docking a star, as they were almost too similar… Although here they had jail cell doors you had to figure out if you were supposed to open or not to get to your next destination.
Just a warning, the last 2 mazes are actually made from a row of old semi trailers! (plus 1 for creative recycling). But they are not intended for tall or plus size people. I’m a fairly average size girl, with hips, and had a difficult time squeezing through doorways and openings that you don’t think could possibly be the way to go… They have no warnings posted about size or anything else, hence the lack of a star. But you will feel quite claustrophobic, which ups the scare factor. Also if you’re above 6 foot, you might have a few issues in the Hotel at some points where you’ll really have to crouch. So just be warned. But it really is a unique haunted house experience. And totally recommended!