People who bought tickets on Lake Compounce’s website and paid a processing fee can file a claim for cash from a $500,000 settlement fund. The deadline to file is November 24, 2026. Payments are pro rata, which means each claimant’s share depends on the total fees that person paid.
Who the Lake Compounce settlement covers
The class is anyone who bought Lake Compounce tickets on the park’s website between October 1, 2023, and June 12, 2025, and paid a processing fee, according to the settlement website. The suit is Linders v. Festival Fun Parks, LLC, No. 3:25-cv-00659-SVN, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
The lawsuit says Festival Fun Parks failed to properly disclose a processing fee on electronic tickets, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes section 53-289a. The company denies breaking any law. It agreed to settle to avoid the cost of continuing the case, and the court has preliminarily approved the deal.
The class period is a little over 20 months, much shorter than the six-year window in the Raging Waters case. Online orders placed before October 1, 2023, or after June 12, 2025, fall outside it, even if a fee was charged.
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What a claim is likely to pay
The $500,000 has to cover more than payments to ticket buyers. The settlement FAQ says it also pays for notice and administration, attorneys’ fees and costs, and the class representative’s award. Bursor & Fisher, P.A., the class counsel, will ask for no more than one-third of the fund, and the judge may award less.
The class representative, Alexandria Linders, may receive a $5,000 service award. Class counsel files its fee request on November 17, 2026, a week before the claim deadline. The request will show how much of the fund goes to lawyers before any claimant payment is final.
The FAQ gives one hypothetical to show the math. If $280,000 were left for class members and 20,000 valid claims came in, each member would get about $14 on average. The site says the real number is not fixed and does not state the size of the fee itself.
Pro rata is simple arithmetic. If one claimant paid twice the processing fees of another, that claimant’s share is twice as large. The site does not state the dollar amount of the fee, so the order confirmation or card statement is where the number will be.
Because payment follows the fees paid, someone who bought several online tickets will receive more than someone who paid the fee once. The site pays by PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or check, at the claimant’s choice. Checks expire 180 days after they are issued.
Dates through the December 8 hearing
Claims, exclusion requests and objections are all due November 24, 2026. A claim can be filed online until 11:59 p.m. Eastern that day or mailed with a postmark. The site encourages online filing, and the claim page lives under the Login link on the settlement site.
The claim page is at the settlement’s claim login. The Epiq administrator’s toll-free line is 1-877-327-7930, and the site also has an address-update page for people who have moved since their purchase.
The final approval hearing is December 8, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom One, 450 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut. The court can change the date. Payments are due within 60 days after the settlement becomes final, and the site does not give a calendar date for that. Questions go to info@lakecompounceticketfeesettlement.com or the toll-free line.
Objecting is different from opting out. An objection tells the court the settlement is unfair and needs to be filed by the same November 24 date. The site lists the case number, 3:25-cv-00659-SVN, which belongs on any filing or letter to the court.
The site states plainly that a class member who does nothing receives no payment. That person also gives up the right to sue over the released claims. Opting out keeps the right to sue but means no money from this settlement.
Preliminary approval means the court has allowed notice to go out to class members. Final approval is the step that releases money. At the December 8 hearing the judge can approve, change or reject the deal, and class members who object can be heard there if they filed by November 24.
Epiq, the administrator, also runs the settlement’s address-update page. Claimants who choose a check should make sure the mailing address on file is current, because the site gives checks a 180-day life from the day they are issued.
A second ticket-fee case, with its own form
Festival Fun Parks is also the defendant in a separate California case over online ticket fees at its Raging Waters water park. That $850,000 settlement has a different claim deadline, a different court and a different claim form. Buyers who ordered tickets from both parks have to file in both.
The question for Lake Compounce buyers is whether an old order email still shows the fee. The date to file is November 24, and a claim sent after that day pays nothing.
Can an old Lake Compounce order email prove the fee?
A claim built on an online ticket order from 2023 or 2024 rests on an email or card statement that may be buried in an old inbox. Miss November 24 and the claim pays nothing, and a person who buys at two parks may now have two cutoffs.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System gives the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice, which separates the claim, opt-out, objection and hearing dates that all fall close together here. It also has a step-by-step filing walkthrough and a claim log and payment tracker. It is a paid RetireShield guide, not the claim site, and it does not file for anyone.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.
