HHN houses and claustrophobia

[Shellhutch]

So we are thinking of doing a trip to HHN this year. We do tons of local haunted forests and houses.(Field of Screams, Markoff's haunted forest, Nightmare Manor, Kings Dominion) We really like them. However I am claustrophobic, bad at times. There have been a few instances where I panic a little and one of my kids(20 year olds) has to kinda guide me through a tight space so I can close my eyes. I have also been to some houses with like giant inflatables you have to push through(almost like going through a birth canal! LOL) Which I do not enjoy!!! So my question is how much of the houses at HHN involve small spaces? I don't mind dark, but I don't like super tight halls or having to crawl through something. I am 99% OK as long as we can keep moving but in our area some attractions get crowded and the line though the house will stop. That is when I start to panic. Anyone have any feedback? Do the lines keep moving? How many small spaces will I have to deal with? Thanks!!

 

[schumigirl]

There have been a couple of house that have the blown material you have to push through.......but generally I don't remember any small spaces and definitely no crawl through areas......

We did have to bend down to get out of one last year.......only a few seconds from what I remember.

The queues generally keep moving well......TM make sure of that.......there are TM all the way along so if you did have a panic they would get you out........only seen it once when a woman had I think a slight asthma attack and she was removed very quickly.

It would be a shame to miss it........I don't particularly like feeling enclosed and don't find it bad or overwhelming at all........too busy being scared if I'm honest!! It's a fantastic event.........hope you get to do it......

 

[macraven]

you go thru the houses conga style.
if you do go, have a family member in front and behind you so you won't have a stranger push against you or bump into you.

depending on the house, it can be packed with not much pulsing of people going through it.
They do not let you stop and look around, the line is continuously moving.

 

[schumigirl]

mac.......I couldn't remember the word "conga" to describe the line........lol

I had lambada, samba and any other dance style you can think of!!! Brain definitely not working today........

 

[macraven]

congo conga, same type of line......

when i do the houses solo, i dread those lines where sweaty peeps grab you from behind.
or the worse is when they scream in your ear....

 

[schumigirl]

They insist I go first......always........wonder why

 

[macraven]

They insist I go first......always........wonder why

thats why you go first.
screamers and huggers are never to be put in the middle or end of a friend/family group going thru a house...