Vista suffered at least two ship-wide power outages last night. The first was around 10pm and lasted about 20 minutes. Some areas of the ship had emergency lighting. The captain made an announcement effectively saying everything was fine, and he'd update passengers if they needed to know anything. Once power was restored, the Cruise Director announced the outage was not related to propulsion issues and there was no danger to the ship from "the storm".
One or more other outages were much later. TV's that were left on overnight were off in the morning, and one of our devices that was charging reported that it had again lost power.
The crew basically left us with the impression that power outages are of no concern on cruise ships, but we're not convinced. Communication to passengers has been sorely lacking on this voyage, which has us a bit concerned. For example, there has been no communication at all about the hurricane we've been rushing to avoid.
Are power outages routine issues that don't indicate larger problems with the ship? I'd appreciate any thoughts.