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Universal’s Endless Summer Resort – Surfside Inn and Suites: Distance from the Parks

Skip to: Transportation to CityWalk, Universal Studios Florida, and Islands of Adventure | Transportation to Volcano Bay | Transportation to SeaWorld and Aquatica

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The front entrance and bus pickup area at Surfside Inn and Suites

If you’ve booked a stay at Universal’s Surfside Inn and Suites, you’ll want to know how to navigate around Universal Orlando Resort, with Surfside as your home base. This page includes information on the transportation options between Surfside Inn, Universal CityWalk Orlando, and the Universal Orlando theme parks (Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure). This page also includes information about the shuttle service from Universal Orlando Resort to SeaWorld Orlando, Aquatica (SeaWorld’s water park), and Volcano Bay, Universal’s water theme park.

How do I get from Surfside Inn and Suites to CityWalk, Universal Studios Florida, and Islands of Adventure?

Surfside Inn and Suites's drop-off area
Surfside Inn and Suites’s drop-off area

As a value hotel at Universal Orlando Resort, Surfside Inn and Suites (along with its sister hotel, Dockside Inn and Suites) is not connected to CityWalk and the other hotels via the waterway or walkways that many guests have become familiar with. The location of the resort pretty much limits the transportation options to Universal’s dedicated buses that take guests to and from the main theme park area.

Universal operates a bus service that runs continuously between the hotels and the general guest drop-off area near the Universal parking garages, which runs from one hour before Early Park Admission until 2:00 am every day. Buses arrive every 10 to 15 minutes, but do be aware that, when leaving Universal to go back to Surfside, the line for a spot on the bus can get long at peak times (typically, when both theme parks are closing).

How do I get to Volcano Bay?

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Maku Puihi Round Raft Rides at Volcano Bay

A shuttle bus transports guests from Surfside Inn and Suites directly to the Volcano Bay water theme park, located on the edge of Universal Orlando’s main campus (right next door to Cabana Bay Beach Resort), with a bus departing approximately every 15 minutes.

How can I get to SeaWorld and Aquatica?

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Aquatica, SeaWorld Orlando’s water park

Universal’s hotels provide complimentary scheduled transportation, called the Connector Shuttle, to SeaWorld Orlando and Aquatica (SeaWorld’s water park). We emphasize scheduled because it is very important to understand that the bus does not run continuously; rather, in general, it picks up and drops off once in the morning and once in the evening. Check with any Vacation Planning Center desk to reserve pick-up and drop-off times for your visit.

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