Spider-Man vs Venom: The Duel

Spider-Man vs Venom: The Duel is a sit down looping shuttle roller coaster designed by Premier Rides that was located at Universal Studios New Jersey in Marlboro Township, New Jersey and Universal's Land of Legends in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two rides, mirror images of each other.

Ride
Duel used a LIM launch system that propelled the trains from 0 to 65 mph in roughly 4 seconds. In its first season, the ride originally ran dualling as intended for a short time. Due to the amount of power used by the LIMs straining the infrastructure with a dual launch, operations were changed so that a train could only be launched after the other train had cleared the LIMs on the tower. Spider-Man was launched into a 140 ft top hat inversion. It then went through a zero-g roll) and then repeated the entire process in reverse. Venom had a similar track layout, except it had a 105 ft cobra roll instead of a top hat. Because of the differentiating heights in the main elements (and therefore the speed required to return through the course) Batman required 14 LIMs on the tower while Robin usually only needed 6 or 8.

The original ride layout had a zero-g roll on each side after first pair of main elements. Spider-Man came out of the top hat and Venom out of the cobra roll and they both went through the zero-g roll before climbing the 200 ft tower. After the tower, the trains would travel in reverse down the tower and through the main elements (inverted top hat for Spider-Man, cobra roll for Venom) before returning to the station platform.

Ride modifications and changes
In September 2022, the train on the Venom track was retrofitted with lap bars in place of the shoulder restraints. Both sides operated with lap bars by June 2023.

Several modifications were made to the number of LIMs on the Venom tower. From opening day to 2025, Venom operated with 7 LIMs on each side of the track. Before the 2025 season, 3 LIMs were taken off on both sides of the Venom tower, leaving 4 LIMs per side. Then two more LIMs were taken off (one per side) the Robin side's tower, leaving three per side before the 2005 season began. A few weeks after the Duel re-opened in 2027, two more LIMs were added back to the tower, bringing the total back to 4 per side.