EXPEDITIONS
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CartaQuest
CartaQuest Expedition
$20 per Expedition Group (Includes four limerick clues)
Fun for the whole family!!!
Do you have a family of problem solvers? Do you like adventure, exploring, and testing yourself with riddles? Do you enjoy getting to know a new place in a completely different way? Do you appreciate a little walking?
Try your hand at the CartaQuest Expedition!
Come to the Gumdrop Fun Shop in Ellijay and purchase an adventure card pack, then walk to each mystery destination by solving the limerick clues. Take a selfie of you and your party at the destination as proof you cracked the clues, then return to the Gumdrop Fun Shop with your cards and selfies. After you have successfully cracked all four limerick clues, a special treat awaits! -
Mini Mountain Bike Adventures
Mini Mountain Bike Adventures
$25 per person
It’s just like riding a bike because, well, it is!!!
Walking distance from the Gumdrop Fun Shop is a treasure known as the Cartecay Bike Shop’s Backyard Bike Park.
The Mini Mountain Bike experience includes an hour of Mini Mountain Bike rental, a helmet, and an hour of access to the unique and fun Cartecay Bike Shop Backyard Bike Park right on the Ellijay River.
Kids will find berms, dips, drops, a pump track, and trails to explore, all in the city limits of Ellijay!
Parents can purchase a cold refreshment (Water, Gatorade, and Crafted Beer) at the shop while watching sons and daughters roll up, around, and over the expertly designed, bike-optimized features.
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Gumdrop Princess
Gumdrop Princess
$130 ($16 per additional person: tea or hot chocolate, sandwich squares, cupcake).
Be transformed into a Mountain Princess with a Gumdrop Fun Shop Royal Expedition!
Unlock this experience through the Gumdrop Fun Shop website 48 hours in advance, and step into a Royal Experience including:
A Cape and Tiara
A Princess Salon experience at Spectra Creations with Louisa, our Princess stylist!
Promenade from Spectra to the Ellijay Tea Room at the Little Baked Bakery for a proper Southern Tea.
Head over to the Gilmer Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center for the announcement of your Proclamation, declaring your status as Royalty of Ellijay, and receive your Gumdrop Key of Royalty.
Ready to book? Here are the steps:
Bookings require 48 hours’ notice…
Send us an email for Booking to:
(Add Royal Expedition in the subject line)
In the body of the email:
Let us know the age and name of the Princess.
Choose a date and time from the following:
Transformation per time slot:
Friday 10:00 am or 11:00 am
Saturday 10:00 am or 11:00 am
Monday 10:00 am or 11:00 am
Let us know if additional Tea Party members will be attending. Additional Tea Party members can be added for $16 per extra guest (payable directly to the Tea Room). Please give us 48 hours’ notice for the number of Tea Room guests so our Royal Bakers can be sure to have enough cupcakes baked!
S.T.E.M. Day
Looking for a fun, educational opportunity for your kids? We heard you and are introducing STEM days at Gumdrop. Your cild will be instructed in a STEM educational activity where they will get hands on learning.
Since we are the “Fun Shop” we are including a $5 credit to our store with each child’s activity package of $30