People who bought Lake Compounce tickets on the park’s website between October 1, 2023 and June 12, 2025 may qualify to claim a cash payment sized to the processing fees they paid from the $500,000 Lake Compounce ticket fee class action settlement. Claims are open through November 24, 2026.
Current Status
Claims are open. The deadline is November 24, 2026: 11:59 p.m. Eastern for online claims, or a paper claim form postmarked that day. The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut has preliminarily approved the $500,000 settlement, and the final approval hearing is set for December 8, 2026. No payment date had been announced as of September 29, 2026; payments go out only after final approval.Free settlement alerts
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What Changed Recently?
The court preliminarily approved the settlement in Linders v. Festival Fun Parks, LLC, No. 3:25-cv-00659-SVN, and the administrator, Epiq, has emailed notices and opened the official settlement website and claim form. Festival Fun Parks, LLC operates Lake Compounce, the amusement and water park in Bristol, Connecticut.The lawsuit claims the company did not properly disclose a processing fee added to electronic tickets sold on the Lake Compounce website, in violation of Connecticut’s ticketing statute, General Statutes § 53-289a. Festival Fun Parks denies that it broke any law and agreed to settle to avoid the cost and uncertainty of continuing the case. The court has not decided who is right.
Who Qualifies?
The settlement class is everyone who bought tickets to Lake Compounce from the park’s website, lakecompounce.com, from October 1, 2023 through June 12, 2025. Payments are tied to the processing fees paid on those purchases, and the claim form asks each claimant to confirm under penalty of perjury that they bought electronic tickets on the website during that period and paid a processing fee.Tickets bought at the gate or from other sellers are not part of this settlement. The usual exclusions apply to the judge, the lawyers in the case, Festival Fun Parks and its affiliates and officers, and anyone who opts out.
How Much Can You Get?
Each valid claimant receives a pro rata share of what is left in the $500,000 fund, weighted by the total processing fees that claimant paid. Before that split, the fund covers notice and administration costs, attorneys’ fees and costs of up to one-third of the fund (about $166,667), and a $5,000 service award for the class representative, all subject to court approval.No per-person estimate has been announced. The notice offers only a hypothetical: if $280,000 were available and 20,000 valid claims came in, the average payment would be roughly $14, which the notice says would be more than the average processing fee paid. The real amount depends on the number of valid claims and the court’s rulings on fees and costs, and could be higher or lower than the fees a claimant paid. Claimants choose payment by PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or check.
The settlement also changes how tickets are sold. Festival Fun Parks agreed that the Lake Compounce website will either charge no ticket fees or show the full price including fees before a ticket is selected, for as long as the Connecticut statute stays in effect as written.
What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?
Filing online requires the Unique ID and PIN from the email notice the administrator sent to class members, and the paper claim form also asks for the Unique ID. No receipts, order confirmations or statements are required; the form relies on a signed attestation that you bought tickets online during the class period and paid a processing fee. Anyone who did not receive the email notice should contact the administrator through the settlement website before the deadline.What Is the Deadline?
Claims must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on November 24, 2026, or mailed with a postmark no later than November 24, 2026. The same date applies to requests for exclusion, which can be made online or by mail, and to objections, which must be filed with the court and sent to the lawyers for both sides.How Do You Take Action?
Go to the official Lake Compounce ticket fee settlement website, choose Submit a Claim, and log in with the Unique ID and PIN from your email notice. The form asks for contact information, a payment method and the attestation. Keep the confirmation email and code sent after you file. A paper claim form can also be downloaded from the website and mailed to the administrator.Opting out keeps your right to sue Festival Fun Parks separately but means no payment. Class members who do nothing stay in the settlement, release their claims and receive nothing, so a claim form is the only way to be paid.
What Happens Next?
The final approval hearing is scheduled for December 8, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at the federal courthouse in Hartford. The court will decide then whether to approve the settlement, class counsel’s fee request and the service award. The date can change without new notice, so check the settlement website.If the court approves the settlement, approved claimants are to be paid within 60 days after it becomes final. Checks expire 180 days after they are issued.
Festival Fun Parks also settled ticket fee claims over other parks it operates, including the Raging Waters ticket fee settlement, which is also open for claims until November 24, 2026 and is a separate settlement with its own claim form.
Sources and Verification
• Official settlement website, Linders v. Festival Fun Parks, LLC — current status, important dates, FAQs and claim filing.• Court-authorized Notice of Class Action Settlement — class definition, benefits, payment example, fee request, deadlines and hearing.
• Settlement Agreement — full terms, including the release and the prospective relief.
• Paper Claim Form — payment election and attestation.
Questions
I bought Lake Compounce tickets at the gate or through a reseller. Am I included?
No. The settlement class covers tickets bought from the park’s own website, lakecompounce.com, between October 1, 2023 and June 12, 2025. Gate sales and purchases through third-party sellers are outside the class, and the claim form asks each claimant to attest to buying online and paying a processing fee.
Could I get back more than the processing fees I paid?
Possibly. The notice gives a hypothetical: if $280,000 were left for class members and 20,000 valid claims were filed, the average payment would be about $14, which it says would exceed the average processing fee paid. Actual payments depend on how many valid claims are filed and what the court approves for fees and costs, so they may also come in lower.
I never got the email notice. Can I still file?
The online claim form requires the Unique ID and PIN from the email notice. The settlement website says anyone who did not receive the email notice should contact the settlement administrator through the website for help before the November 24, 2026 deadline.
Will Lake Compounce stop charging hidden ticket fees?
As part of the settlement, Festival Fun Parks agreed that its Lake Compounce website will either charge no fees on ticket sales or show the total price including fees before a ticket is selected for purchase. That commitment lasts unless the Connecticut ticketing statute is amended, repealed or invalidated.
Is this the same as the Raging Waters or Splish Splash settlements?
No. Festival Fun Parks also operates Raging Waters in California and Splish Splash in New York, and ticket fee cases involving those parks were settled separately in other courts with their own funds, deadlines and claim forms. Buying tickets to one park does not make someone a member of another park’s settlement.
