I did receive an email from Ronan over the holidays.
Here is what he said:
"Here's the status of the CD and some more info about what happened. I had decided that rather than provide a simple compilation of tracks I wanted to edit together footage from the actual cruise to make it more of a memento. We filmed a great deal and asked Lucien to do the same so we could combine footage. Now, it should have been possible, immediately after the cruise, to edit this footage together but a constellation of problems at the same time left me no time before we had to head on the road again. We're moving studio as our old studio boss closed the complex we were housed in. The new studio, where I should have been doing my editing, was supposed to have been built by then but we discovered a fault in the floor which turned out to be water damage from last winter which meant the entire ground floor had to be replaced which delayed everything severely. From that point on, I've had tours almost concurrently and the first break I have is after December 29th when I can finally finish the edit and get the master off for production and then sent to you. Editing won't take long. It's just a matter of making sure I have all the bits and pieces in one place. I assure you honestly, I never intended for it to take this long, nor did I envisage how things would turn out in the weeks after the cruise, but circumstances have a habit of unexpectedly changing when you least want them to and this is the unfortunate result. I would ask that you let the passengers know that there were unavoidable circumstances that delayed the production but all will be resolved in January. You can be sure I want to DJ the (2008) cruise. 100%. I wouldn't miss it. "
I would say based on this.. everyone should have their Cd by late Feb.. Mid March.
