I’m still impressed I was able to get in the car as an adult, and more importantly - get out! At that time they were still using Priscilla, which is an enclosed pig (you can see Priscilla behind the train in the picture below). I first encountered the Pig Pig at the Children’s Hospital Festival of Trees, a now defunct fundraiser. That was before Rich’s closed and the Pink Pig train ride moved to Macy’s Lenox Square. If you talk to folks who grew up in Atlanta, they’ll regale you with fond memories of getting dressed up and heading to Rich’s Downtown with their mother to do a little holiday shopping and ride over the toy department on Priscilla the Pig…Percival was added later. We just had to ride the Pink Pig into the holiday season! Whenever we had out-of-town guests for the holidays, we took them for a Macy’s Pink Pig ride Lenox Square Mall, not because it’s a great attraction, but because the Pink Pig has been a beloved Atlanta tradition for more than 50 years. The Pink Pig was closed in 2020 due to the plague, meaning 2019 was the attraction’s last year.įrom its beginnings as a children’s ride at the downtown Rich’s department store, to its brief stint at the Egleston Children’s Hospital Festival of Trees, five generations of Atlantans have ridden the Macy’s Pink Pig. The lines were sometimes long, the ride was a bit cheesy (watch the video), the train was small - but it was Macy’s Pink Pig! We just had to do it!īut in September 2021, Macy’s announced Priscilla the Pink Pig was retiring, effective immediately.
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