Lake Hickory Haunts

ALL NEW AT LAKE HICKORY HAUNTS 2021
For our 10th year of operation, we have expanded, improved, and renovated more than ever before, as a thank you to our awesome guests and fans. BE PREPARED TO BE SCARED at Lake Hickory Haunts 2021, Celebrating 10 Years of Fear, featuring:

ALL-NEW Box Office, featuring escape rooms (coming soon)
ALL-NEW Restrooms
ALL-NEW Monster Mart (Gift shop)
Parking Lot expansion and renovation
ALL-NEW Concessions
ALL-NEW and never before seen second Midway!
Lair of the Undead 3.0 with all-new mausoleums, crypts, and more!
More surprise additions, changes, and scares than you thought possible!
10 Years of Fear celebration throughout the 2021 season!

EXPERIENCE LAKE HICKORY HAUNTS
Once you have your ticket and park map, the Lake Hickory Haunts experience begins! On your way to the Midway, you will come upon the iconic Overlook, which allows guests to see the Lake Hickory Haunts attractions and lake from afar. The overlook view is guaranteed to give you goosebumps. This is truly a sight you must see to believe! Next, you will arrive on the Midway of Mayhem, where the fun begins! Rather than waiting in a long and boring line, you can enjoy additional entertainment on the Midway while you wait! In the Midway of Mayhem, experience live stage entertainment; featuring a live DJ, music bands, celebrity guests, freak show entertainment, and more! In addition, the Midway at Lake Hickory Haunts features: Axe throwing, a horror-themed mini escape room, a horrifying 4D Asylum Simulator, original horror-themed carnival games, tasty concessions, a gift shop, character interaction, photo-ops, fire pits, and so much more! Many guests stay for hours after their tour, simply because the Midway is filled with so much scary-fun entertainment!

THE TOUR
Upon beginning the main tour, you will make your way through the main Attractions: NIGHTMARE FACTORY, LAIR OF THE UNDEAD, SHIPWRECKED, AQUAPHOBIA, EXTINCTION, AFTERMATH, SLAUGHTERHOUSE, DESCENT, BIG TOP CIRCUS in 3D, and the Mangler! Details on these attractions may be found on the Attractions page. Excluding time spent on the Midway of Mayhem, the tour takes approximately 45 minutes to an hour to complete. Lake Hickory Haunts is unique to other haunted attractions, as the tour is centered by a large body of water, creating a chill-inducing backdrop to many of our outdoor sets. During your tour at Lake Hickory Haunts, you will make your way through indoor attractions, outdoor attractions, and even walk ON WATER and UNDERGROUND! Lake Hickory Haunts is consistently creating new experiences unlike anything you’ve ever seen or imagined. Our latest revolutionary attractions are Aquaphobia and Descent. Aquaphobia is an attraction which brings guests out onto the water via a moving floating pier, before entering a massive fishing village that was once sunken underwater! Our second latest attraction is Descent: a 100-foot-long cave buried 12 feet beneath the ground! No exaggeration, no façade… Just an underground cave with caverns, sewers, darkness, and monsters lurking within! Descent is just one example of why Lake Hickory Haunts is your #1 haunted attraction destination! The Lake Hickory Haunts tour features a huge and wide variety of sets, scares, props, and special FX. Regardless of your favorite fear, it is waiting for you at Lake Hickory Haunts! It is our guarantee that your experience will be worth much more than what you pay! Our team works non-stop year after year to provide an experience that is unrivaled and is among the very best across the nation. This, combined with our customer satisfaction priority, is why Lake Hickory Haunts is consistently voted and ranked the #1 haunted attraction and scream park in the Carolina’s; in addition to being named among the top 10 haunts in America! Lake Hickory Haunts is the best and scariest haunted house attraction and thrill park in North Carolina. Lake Hickory Haunts provides a safe, fun, and exciting environment which is enjoyable for families, date night, friends, and more. Whether you love Halloween, Horror, being scared, or simply want to enjoy a night filled with fun experiences; Visit your #1 Halloween and entertainment destination and see why Lake Hickory Haunts is the scariest and best haunted house in NC. We hope you visit us this season and experience Lake Hickory Haunts! Our monsters are waiting…

SCARING IS CARING
At Lake Hickory Haunts, customer satisfaction is our priority. We know that our fans and customers are the heart of our success, and no matter how successful we become; Our customers will always come first. We are dedicated to bringing each customer a safe, entertaining, and frightfully-fun experience! Our mission is that every customer leaves with a fear-filled smile! Our actors are trained to scare those who are not scared and entertain those who are scared. This is part of how we deliver a frightful, thrilling, yet fun experience! This ensures that we can bring the most desirable experience possible to each individual guest, based on their specific wants and needs. Although scaring is our goal, it is more important that we provide a memorable and enjoyable experience to our guests. If you are easily scared and are worried about being relentlessly harassed by actors to the point of misery, that will not happen at Lake Hickory Haunts. As a way to give back, we are constantly conducting giveaways, discount nights, and more, in order to show special appreciation to our customers. We also offer discounts to our veterans, police, fire, and EMS. Check out our calendar for more information about special discount! THANK YOU for your interest in Lake Hickory Haunts and as always: BE PREPARED TO BE SCARED!!

YOUR OPINION MATTERS
Each year, we take customer feedback into consideration and apply it to our products and services, so we can give you: the customer, everything you desire and more! To further ensure this, we have customer management representatives available at all times. If there is ever anything we can do to improve your experience during your visit, please ask to speak with customer management and we will do whatever is necessary to make you satisfied. We love to hear your feedback! If you would like to leave feedback about your experience during your visit to Lake Hickory Haunts, visit https://bit.ly/32eNS3A. You (the customer) are what make Lake Hickory Haunts what it is! We will never forget the importance of our customers and fans!

SAFETY FIRST
Safety is key when it comes to providing an enjoyable, scary, and thrilling experience. This is why we take the necessary steps to ensure safety throughout Lake Hickory Haunts and its attractions. Our management has attended and received its Certified Haunted Attraction Operator Safety (C.H.A.O.S.) certificate. This crisis awareness and safety course further ensures our ability to provide a safe environment to each of our guests, in addition to preparing our staff to handle crisis situations in the best way possible, if they ever were to occur. Also, our management meets with its Fire Marshall and building inspector each year; collaborating and planning, ensuring that all operations are safe and exceed safety standards and regulations. We have security and safety personnel in place at all times, ready to act in case of an emergency. If there is ever an accident within any of our attractions (fire, hostile situation, panic attack, medical issue, etc.) our trained staff is prepared to take action and assist in every way necessary. Another way we ensure safety to our guests is by conducting a metal detection and security check on each customer that visits Lake Hickory Haunts. Upon your arrival, please know that the following items are not allowed inside our attractions: weapons, knives, lighters, flashlights, and glow-items. Finally, we guarantee that our scare actors are fake monsters, and not real monsters. We interview each of our employees and conduct background checks on each employee we hire. We refuse to hire any employee who has been charged with a criminal offense. In addition, we train each of our actors on the art and safety of haunted house acting. All in all, we guarantee that you are safe throughout your entire visit at Lake Hickory Haunts. You may rest assured that you can experience the thrill of being scared, while knowing you are in a safe environment that presents no true threat.

WE BELIEVE IN INNOVATION, NOT DUPLICATION
Lake Hickory Haunts is not simply a haunted house, it is a haunted theme park; providing a unique experience for anyone seeking an entertaining, thrilling, scary, and fun-filled experience. At Lake Hickory Haunts, we believe in innovation, not duplication. Since 2012, our team has continuously worked more and more each year to make Lake Hickory Haunts bigger, better, scarier, and more fun each year. Beginning as the first lakeside haunted theme park in the Carolina’s, Lake Hickory Haunts and its team is consistently delivering new and never-before-seen entertainment unlike anything the haunt industry has ever seen. From the first true haunted boat ride at a haunted attraction, to 100% underground attractions, to overwater attractions; Lake Hickory Haunts and its team strives to innovate, create, and deliver the most insanely awesome haunted experience the Carolina’s has ever seen. We will continue to hold true to our motto from day one; We believe in innovation, not duplication. Visit Lake Hickory Haunts and experience the best and most unique haunted theme park the Carolina’s has to offer!