Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin

Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin Slot Review

A vintage liner at sunset, its reels wedged into a mound of gold coins spilling out from under the black hull, as though the ship has run aground on its own treasure. That image tells you more about Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin than its paytable does, because Gamzix has built a game where the ordinary symbols barely matter and everything rides on one collector doing all the work. The base reels are among the thinnest you’ll meet outside a classic three-reeler.

Underneath the paint job it’s a compact 5×3 hold-and-spin build: coins carry bet multipliers, the respin counter resets every time one lands, and a Cruise Liner on the middle reel hoovers up everything in sight. No RTP figure is published for it, which is the first thing worth knowing. Gamzix has run this engine before in Lava Power: Hold the Spin and Only Diamonds, and the family resemblance is strong.

Base Game & Features

The base game is a classic fruit-and-bell set dressed in nautical trim. Eight paying symbols sit on the reels, and wins pay for three, four or five of a kind across the five reels. Nothing here is exotic, but the tiers are at least clearly separated.

Pays below are in credits at the game’s base stake:

• Seven – 0.40 for three, 1.00 for four, 3.00 for five
• Bell – 0.40 for three, 1.00 for four, 3.00 for five
• Anchor – 0.25 for three, 0.75 for four, 2.50 for five
• Grapes – 0.25 for three, 0.75 for four, 2.50 for five
• Plum – 0.10 for three, 0.30 for four, 1.00 for five
• Orange – 0.10 for three, 0.30 for four, 1.00 for five
• Lemon – 0.10 for three, 0.30 for four, 1.00 for five
• Cherries – 0.10 for three, 0.30 for four, 1.00 for five

Even the top symbol only returns 3.00 for a full line, so regular combinations won’t move the balance much. One five-of-a-kind of Sevens pays 3.00; the same line of Cherries pays 1.00. The real money in this game arrives on the special symbols, and the base game exists mostly to deliver them.

Coin Symbols

Coins are the game’s currency in both the main game and the bonus round. Each one lands showing a value, and the possible values are fixed:

• 1x the bet
• 2x the bet
• 3x the bet
• 5x the bet
• 10x the bet
• Jackpot Coin – carries the Grand or Major jackpot value

When the Bonus Game arrives, it starts with three respins, and every Coin or Jackpot Coin that lands resets the counter back to that starting value. A round only ends once three consecutive respins pass without a single new symbol. Coins that land during the round stick where they fell, so the board gradually fills and each new arrival has fewer places to go.

The Cruise Liner can appear on reel three in both the main game and the Bonus Game, and its real work happens in the bonus round.

Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin Bonus Game

The Bonus Game plays out on the same 5×3 grid, but the reels stop behaving like reels. Only Coin, Jackpot Coin and Cruise Liner symbols are in play, each Coin locks into its position on landing, and a respin counter runs along the bottom showing how many spins remain before the round closes.

The Cruise Liner

The Cruise Liner is the game’s signature move. Land it on reel three during the Bonus Game and it collects the value of every visible Coin on reels one, two, four and five, Jackpot Coins included, and adds them to its own value. Then it locks in place until the round ends, freeing up the positions the coins occupied.

That lock does two jobs at once. It banks everything the liner has swept up, and it reopens board space for fresh coins to land with respins still resetting on each one. A single round can therefore pay out several times over as the collector grows.

The middle reel is the only place it can appear, so a round without a Cruise Liner is a round of plain coin-stacking. When it does arrive mid-round, the sweep is immediate: every value already sitting on the outer reels is absorbed in one go, and the emptied positions refill over the respins that follow.

Jackpot Coins

Jackpot Coins arrive without warning during the Bonus Game, and each one carries one of two prizes: the Grand or the Major. The values sit on a progressive-style ladder rather than a fixed prize, so they climb with play. The Cruise Liner sweeps these up along with the regular coins, which is where the biggest single collections come from.

Buy Bonus & Buy Super Bonus

Both bonus buys are priced as multiples of the current bet:

• Buy Bonus – 70x the bet, activates the Bonus Game
• Buy Super Bonus – 150x the bet, awards three Cruise Liner symbols for greater winning potential

Whichever route you take, a free main game spin plays first and is guaranteed to bring the Bonus Game on. The Super Bonus’s three Cruise Liners mean three locked collectors on the board from the off, which is the difference between hoping reel three delivers and knowing it already has.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7/10

Playing this is mostly waiting: watching the sunset, landing fruit that pays pennies, and hanging on for reel three to deliver a liner. The reason you’d pick it over the dozen other hold-and-spins on the shelf is that when the Cruise Liner does drop, the round transforms into something genuinely worth the wait, sweeping the board clean and starting the collection all over again.

That collector is the strength, and it’s a real one: a locked symbol that banks its haul and reopens space for more coins gives a round momentum the respins alone could never carry. The weakness is everything either side of it. The base game pays so little that the bonus isn’t an upgrade, it’s the entire game, and 150x for the Super Bonus is a lot to stake on coins still having to land.

It suits hold-and-spin players with patience and a bankroll that survives the quiet stretches, and the Grand and Major jackpots give the long game a proper destination. Anyone who wants a base game with things happening in it will be bored before the ship leaves port. For everyone else, this is a rewarding voyage, just a slow one.

Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin FAQs

• What is the grid size of Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin?

  Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin runs on a 5×3 grid with symbols paying for three, four or five of a kind.
• When is Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin released?

  Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin’s release date is 7 October 2026.
• Who makes Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin?

  Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin is made by Gamzix, the studio behind Lava Power: Hold the Spin and Only Diamonds.
• What does the Cruise Liner symbol do in Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin?

  The Cruise Liner can only land on reel three. During the Bonus Game it collects the value of every visible Coin and Jackpot Coin on reels one, two, four and five, adds them to its own value, then locks in place until the round ends, freeing up the positions those coins occupied.
• How much does the Buy Bonus cost in Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin?

  The Buy Bonus costs 70x the bet. The Buy Super Bonus costs 150x the bet and awards three Cruise Liner symbols for greater winning potential. Whichever route you take, a free main game spin plays first and is guaranteed to bring the Bonus Game on.
• How do the respins work in the Bonus Game?

  The Bonus Game starts with three respins. Every time a Coin, Jackpot Coin or Cruise Liner symbol lands, the counter resets back to three, so a round continues as long as new symbols keep arriving.
• What do Jackpot Coins pay in Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin?

  Jackpot Coins arrive without warning during the Bonus Game, and each one carries one of two prizes: the Grand or the Major. The Cruise Liner collects these along with regular Coins.
• Is there a maximum win for Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin?

  No maximum win figure is published for Grand Voyage: Hold the Spin, so the ceiling depends on the jackpot values and what the Cruise Liner can collect rather than a stated multiplier.