The Love Boat Slot Review

The Love Boat is a popular TV series that ran from the mid nineteen seventies through the mid nineteen eighties and became a cult classic, with many fans of the show still to this day. Theoriginal TV series is as schmaltzy and as cheesy as it gets and is set on a fictitious pleasure cruise ship where romance blossoms and all sorts of happy things take place.

True to their reputation for taking pop or cult themes and turning them into great video slots, Playtech have given their video slot treatment to the Love Boat too. The result is a fun video slotpacked with bonus rounds and special features as well as some of the original dialogue and soundtrack, designed to offer the most rewarding fun possible in a video slot.

 

Features

  • Launch: October 2013
  • Slot Type: Video slots
  • Pay lines: 25
  • Reels: 5
  • Genre: TV Show
  • Software:  Playtech
  • Min Coin Size: 0.01
  • Max Coin Size: 50
  • Multipliers: Yes
  • AutoPlay: Yes
  • Scatter: Yes
  • Wilds: Yes
  • RTP: 94%
  • Mobile Play: No
  • Progressive Jackpot: No
  • Free Spins: Yes

Bonus Rounds and Payouts

The Love Boat video slot is packed with great bonus rounds and features, all adding up to more than a few juicy payouts. First up in the bonus rounds is the Matchup Bonus, which sees you matchingup two silhouettes of a man and a woman in order to win instant cash prizes. The fun twist to this bonus round is that the game will then assess how good your matchups really are and award youwith total multipliers accordingly.

For instance, Let’s Just be Friends will give you a 1x multiplier, while “You’re Smoking Hot gives you a 3x multiplier. Getting “It’s My One True Love” will award you with the bonus round’sbiggest multiplier of 5 times your win.

The second bonus round that can be triggered in The Love Boat slot is the Love Doctor Free Spins bonus round. All you need to do to trigger the free spins bonus round is land at least three LoveBoat logo scatter symbols, anywhere across the five reels. Once the free spins round is triggered, you will receive 10 free spins accompanied by the Love Meter.

Every time that you land the Doc during a free spin, he fills the Love Meter a little. This will also trigger a new feature as you progress through the bonus round. Each of these features canlast for the entire free spins round and include Freezing Wild, More Free Spins and More Free Spins with a Multiplier.

Additional Game Features

  • Dream Cruise Jackpot: Jackpot tickets can appear on reel 5 during the base game with each one that you get automatically entering you into a weekly draw for instant cashprizes. While Dream Cruise Jackpot tickets appear randomly, the higher your bet, the more tickets you will get.
  • Love Boat Logo: The Love Boat logo does not have to appear on active payline to reward you with free bets, Getting three, four or five of these symbols to appear anywhereacross the five reels will reward three, ten or one hundred bets respectively.
  • Symbols: Red ship, ship’s speed control, Love Boat logo, playing card, lifebuoy, a heart, clinking glasses, Captain Merrill Stubing, Dr. Adam Bricker, Julie McCoy, IsaacWashington and Burl Smith.
  • Wilds: Red ship
  • Scatter: Love Boat logo
  • Free spins: Three or more Love Boat logos will trigger the Love Doctor Free Spins bonus round. Start with 10 free spins and earn special features and multipliers with the LoveMeter.

Summary

The Love Boat is an excellent video slot and Playtech have gone the extra mile to make this game as authentic and as true to the original TV series as possible.

Fans of all ages that love the original Love Boat TV show will love this video slot. Thanks to an excellent, authentic soundtrack and actual original dialogue from the long running TV series.However, with bonus rounds, free spins and multipliers, as well as the opportunity to win even more in a weekly jackpot draw, this slot will appeal to everyone, even if you’re not a fan of the TVshow.