Bought Lake Compounce tickets on lakecompounce.com between October 1, 2023 and June 12, 2025? The court-approved notice suggests the settlement payment could end up larger than the processing fee you were charged. In its worked example, an average claim of about $14 would exceed the average fee paid. That only happens for people who file, and the deadline is 11:59 p.m. Eastern on November 24, 2026.
Status: Claims open, preliminary approval granted | Claim deadline November 24, 2026 (11:59 p.m. ET online, or postmarked) | Opt-out and objection deadline November 24, 2026 | Pro rata share of $500,000, weighted by fees paid
The $14 Example, and Its Limits
No per-person estimate has been announced. The notice offers a hypothetical instead: if $280,000 were left for class members 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.
Both inputs are assumptions. The real payment depends on how many valid claims are filed and on what the court approves for fees and costs, so it could be higher or lower than the fees a given claimant paid. What is fixed is the structure: each valid claimant receives a pro rata share of what remains in the $500,000 fund, weighted by the total processing fees that claimant paid. A family that bought tickets for several summer visits online should receive a larger share than someone who bought a single ticket.
What Comes Off the Top
| Attorneys’ fees and costs | Up to one-third of the fund, about $166,667 |
| Class representative service award | $5,000 |
| Notice and administration | Paid from the fund |
All of those amounts need court approval. What is left is divided among valid claims.
Website Buyers Only
The settlement class is everyone who bought tickets to Lake Compounce from the park’s own website, lakecompounce.com, from October 1, 2023 through June 12, 2025. Tickets bought at the gate or from other sellers are not covered. 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.
The judge, the lawyers in the case, Festival Fun Parks and its affiliates and officers, and anyone who opts out are excluded.
What the Lawsuit Claims
Festival Fun Parks, LLC operates Lake Compounce, the amusement and water park in Bristol, Connecticut. In Linders v. Festival Fun Parks, LLC, No. 3:25-cv-00659-SVN, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the plaintiff 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 breaking any law and agreed to settle to avoid the cost and uncertainty of continuing the case. The court has not decided who is right.
A Change at Checkout
Beyond the cash, the settlement changes how Lake Compounce sells tickets online. Festival Fun Parks agreed that the park’s website will either charge no ticket fees or show the full price including fees before a ticket is selected. That commitment lasts as long as the Connecticut statute stays in effect as written; it ends if the statute is amended, repealed or invalidated.
Filing With the Unique ID
No receipts, order confirmations or card statements are needed. You do need the Unique ID and PIN from the email notice that the administrator, Epiq, sent to class members. The online claim form will not open without them, and the paper claim form also asks for the Unique ID. If no email notice reached you, contact the administrator through the settlement website before the deadline.
- Go to the official Lake Compounce ticket fee settlement website and choose Submit a Claim.
- Log in with the Unique ID and PIN from your email notice.
- Enter your contact information and pick PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or check.
- Sign the attestation and submit. Keep the confirmation email and code.
A paper claim form can be downloaded from the same site and mailed to the administrator, postmarked by November 24, 2026.
Staying In, Opting Out or Objecting
November 24, 2026 is the deadline for everything. Exclusion requests can be made online or by mail; opting out keeps your right to sue Festival Fun Parks separately but means no payment. Objections must be filed with the court and sent to the lawyers for both sides. Class members who do nothing stay in the settlement, release their claims and receive nothing — a claim is the only way to be paid.
After the Deadline
The final approval hearing is set for December 8, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom One of the federal courthouse in Hartford, where the court will rule on the settlement, the fee request and the service award. The date can change without new notice. If the settlement is approved, claimants are to be paid within 60 days after it becomes final, and checks expire 180 days after they are issued. No payment date had been announced as of September 29, 2026.
Festival Fun Parks also operates Raging Waters in California and Splish Splash in New York. Ticket fee cases over those parks were settled separately, in other courts, with their own funds, deadlines and claim forms, so a Lake Compounce claim does not cover them. OpenClassActions.com’s Lake Compounce ticket fee settlement page links the related Raging Waters settlement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Could the Lake Compounce settlement pay more than the fee I was charged?
Possibly. The notice’s hypothetical puts the average payment at about $14 if $280,000 were available and 20,000 valid claims were filed, and says that would exceed the average processing fee paid. The actual amount depends on the number of valid claims and the court’s rulings on fees and costs, so it could also be lower.
I bought tickets at the gate. Am I covered?
No. Only tickets bought on lakecompounce.com between October 1, 2023 and June 12, 2025 are covered. Gate sales and purchases from other sellers are outside the class.
Do I need receipts?
No. The claim rests on the Unique ID and PIN from the email notice and a signed attestation that you bought electronic tickets on the website and paid a processing fee.
How can I get paid?
By PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or check, chosen on the claim form. Checks expire 180 days after they are issued.
Does this claim cover Raging Waters or Splish Splash tickets?
No. Those parks’ ticket fee cases were settled separately in other courts with their own claim forms and deadlines.
When will payments be made?
Within 60 days after the settlement becomes final, if the court approves it at or after the December 8, 2026 hearing.
Sources
- Official settlement website, FAQs, settlement agreement and paper claim form — Lake Compounce Ticket Fee Settlement, administered by Epiq.
- Court-authorized Notice of Class Action Settlement, Linders v. Festival Fun Parks, LLC, No. 3:25-cv-00659-SVN (D. Conn.).
- Connecticut General Statutes § 53-289a.
- OpenClassActions.com — Lake Compounce Ticket Processing Fee Settlement.
Source and credit: the settlement terms, deadlines and benefit details described above are drawn from our sister site’s reporting — OpenClassActions.com: Lake Compounce Ticket Processing Fee Settlement — which tracks this case against the court-approved notice and the official settlement website and is updated as the court rules.
Legal Disclaimer
This article is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. OpenClassActions.org is a consumer news site, not a law firm and not the settlement administrator, and is not affiliated with any party to the case described. The allegations are allegations; unless a court has ruled, the defendants deny wrongdoing and no court has decided the merits. Deadlines, benefit amounts and payment timing can change as the court and the administrator act, so confirm current status on the official settlement website. You never need to pay anyone to file a claim or to receive a settlement payment.