A nice little surprise in surprise welcome to the hampton inn suites surprise when you stay at our hotel in surprise youre sure to have a good time the desert city of surprise was founded in 1937 by real estate developer and state legislator homer c ludden he named it after his hometown of surprise nebraska today its gone from a sleepy little desert outpost to one of arizonas fastest growing cities surrounded by one of arizonas largest mountain preserves and situated in the gor