# Rainy Day Things to Do in Surfers Paradise > When the Gold Coast turns wet, Surfers Paradise still has plenty indoors: arcades, escape rooms, an ice rink and a cabaret dinner show, all a short walk or tram ride from Viscount on the Beach. - Tag: Local guide - Published: 2026-07-08 --- A wet day on the Gold Coast doesn't have to be a write-off. Surfers Paradise has a real cluster of indoor attractions bunched around Cavill Mall, most of them a walk or one tram stop from Viscount, plus a solid fallback: the apartment itself. None of this needs the car. Florida Gardens tram stop is 500 m from the front door, the light rail runs north to Cavill in a few minutes, and everything below is under a roof once you're there. ## Indoor things to do in Surfers Paradise Cavill Mall, roughly 20 minutes on foot from First Avenue (or a couple of tram stops from Florida Gardens, 500 m from the door), holds most of the indoor options in one pocket. - **Timezone Surfers Paradise**, Level 1, Paradise Centre. 300-plus arcade games, plus indoor bowling, laser tag, bumper cars and mini golf under one roof. - **Ripley's Believe It or Not!**, also on Cavill Mall. An indoor museum of the odd and the improbable, easy to fill an hour. - **Gold Coast Wax Museum**, corner Gold Coast Highway and Elkhorn Avenue. World in Wax and the Chamber of Horrors, open daily. - **INFINITY Attraction**, Chevron Renaissance. A self-paced walk-through illusion experience across 20 themed rooms, about 30 minutes. ## Bowling, escape rooms and a rink A few streets over, Surfers Paradise Boulevard and the Circle on Cavill precinct add more wet-weather options. - **Strike Bowling**, Surfers Paradise (Circle on Cavill). Ten lanes, a karaoke room and escape rooms in the same venue. - **Padlock'd**, with rooms across a few Surfers Paradise spots (Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Paradise Centre, Cavill Beachfront), and **Fox in a Box** on Surfers Paradise Boulevard, both good for a group wanting something other than bowling. - **Planet Chill**, Surfers Paradise's ice rink, on the second floor above reception at Paradise Resort. It's a small rink, 10 by 15 metres, but it's indoors and it's skating, which is rare enough on the Gold Coast to be worth the visit on its own. ## Dinner, a show, or a movie If the rain runs into the evening, **Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant** in Broadbeach, about 15 minutes south along the Oceanway, is billed as Australia's longest-running dinner theatre and runs shows Tuesday to Saturday. For something lower-key, **Event Cinemas at Pacific Fair** covers the standard multiplex option, also in Broadbeach. ## Or don't leave the apartment at all Every Viscount apartment is fully self-contained, so a genuinely quiet rainy day is a legitimate option, not just a consolation prize. A full kitchen means no need to go out for meals; the separate living area gives kids and adults some distance from each other; board games and puzzles are available on request. All three apartment categories face the ocean, so watching a squall move across Surfers Paradise Beach from the balcony is its own kind of entertainment. Check [the apartments](/broadbeach-accommodation/index.md) and [what's included at Viscount](/stay/facilities/index.md) if that's the plan. ## Getting between them Most of what's listed sits within Cavill Mall or a few minutes' walk of it, so once you're up there it's easy to string two or three together, an arcade session and an escape room, or bowling and a wax museum wander, without much extra travel. On a clearer day, the [roundup of things to do near Viscount](/experience/blog/free-things-to-do-surfer-paradise/index.md) covers the outdoor side, and the [Gold Coast shopping guide](/experience/blog/gold-coast-shopping-guide/index.md) is worth a look if Chevron Renaissance or Pacific Fair end up part of the day regardless of weather.