Lake Compounce Going Cashless This Season

By Dean Wright, The Bristol Press

April 26, 2022

In line with a trend crossing several amusement parks and entertainment-centered facilities across the country, Lake Compounce will be going cashless this season.

“Cashless will begin opening day, April 30,” said Lake Compounce Marketing Director Lynsey Winters.

We’ll have cash-to-card kiosks located throughout the park and they’re free to use for guests.”

Winters likened the kiosks to ATMs and noted that once guests placed cash into a machine to be placed on a card. The same card could also be utilized like a debit or credit card in electronic transactions, even for those outside of the park.

“That card is actually good anywhere that credit and debit cards are accepted,” said Winters. “A guest, if they don’t use all the money on it here, they can utilize it at a grocery store, food location or any place accepting credit or debit.”

Winters said the park noted a variety of businesses went cashless over the course of the pandemic. The effort would create less “touch points” for guests.

“It’s a safer experience. Money is not changing hands multiple times,” she said. “We really hope to see wait times decrease at our food stands and retail locations. Our team members aren’t having to count money back and guests aren’t having to count money. The credit or debit card transactions allow people to go through the line that much faster.”

Sister amusement parks, Dutch Wonderland, in Lancaster, Pa., is also making use of a cashless system alongside Story Land and its Living Shores Aquarium in Glen, N.H. Cedar Fair properties, known for its flagship park Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, are also going cashless. Six Flags parks were noted for going cashless a year ago. Boston’s baseball stadium, Fenway Park, has also gone cashless.

“It’s definitely the trend,” said Winters. “We’re certainly not the only ones.”