Lake Compounce - Ticket Fees Class Action Settlement

Fees & Billing · Claims Open

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.

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.