Sacrifice (roller coaster)

Sacrifice is a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens Houston in Houston, Texas. Originally built by as a family coaster with a surprise elevator lift drop element towards the end of the course, it was later rebuilt in 2008 by, of who's founders originally worked for Giovanola, as a launched coaster with a vertical loop and a unique enclosed immelman element.

Marketing
Busch Gardens Worlds of Adventure heavily hyped up the coaster as "The scariest roller coaster you've ever ridden." Adverts featured a demonic girl, played by a then-unknown Denise Garrone, saying cryptic phrases.

Opening
The ride was opened on Friday, August 13, 1999, with professional wrestler and his kayfabe manager, as well as Garrone (in-character as the girl from the commercials), on hand. The opening event turned into chaos when enthusiasts and park-goers who followed the ride's pre-opening hype discovered it was just a family coaster with a surprise element. Angered enthusiasts and park-goers rioted, which resulted in $110,000 in damage to the Dark Country area. were called in to quell the situation, while The Undertaker and Paul Bearer required a police escort out of the park. The incident was heavily covered on local and national news (prominently using footage shot by cameramen from CBS affiliate (which broadcast the ride's opening live on the evening edition of KHOU 11 News) and Univision affiliate ), which earned bad publicity for Busch Gardens Worlds of Adventure.