First time Viking cruise. I've read everything I can on this site that I can. Today was our "67-days-out" day to sign up for shore excursions starting at 3 p.m. ET. At 2:45 I went to get ready to do all the things I've read on this forum to get the excursions you want. And I got the "Your booking is currently locked for updates. Please try again later" message!!! I thought surely it would let me in by 3 p.m. NOPE!! I also had a credit card on file so that info didn't have to be re-entered. We already had my DH's computer ready to go--he was going to reserve one optional excursion while I reserved the other. He and his computer are not really savvy, but he could get in and slowly work through what we wanted for optional excursions. And apparently the credit card is only good for onboard purchases--had to enter cc info for both bookings. Once we had those I went through the included tours and reserved the ones we wanted, reserving for both of us. I then went through the excursion page and verified that we had what we wanted. And then I went through the calendar. And on the calendar, it was only showing the reservations on the included excursions for him, even though I had clicked reserve on both names. So back to the beginning and again did the reservations for me. And then back again to check the calendar and see that we both had reservations. It is now 3:45 ET and I am still not able to get into our account on my computer. As soon as I can, I will be emailing Viking and letting them know I am not happy. But be prepared with two computers and two accounts when your time draws near.