We were awakened to total darkness and a women's recorded voice ordering us to go to the stairs immediately due to a fire alarm somewhere in the building. We were further warned not to use the elevator. This happened at approximately 5:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 20. Groping in the darkness we dressed cuickly, located our phones, and wallets/purses and headed to the nearest unlit EXIT. We are both in our 70s and going down 24 flights of stairs with only the light provided by our cell phones was quite anxiety producing. Phone power drained. Many families, couples, and single people passed us as we struggled to get to the main floor. Outside we waited in vain for someone to come out and tell us what was going on. After 30-minutes we went to the nearest McDonalds and had a breakfast meal. The map supplied by Executive Suites came in handy. When after breakfast we realized no one was going in we just went about our day: finding a church service to attend, taking a long walk through China town, and taking in a movie at the Dole Regency. We walked 10,000 + steps that day plus the 24 floors. What a trek! When we let the Front Desk know about our traumatic, exhausting, and busy day they offered to reimburse us $100 on our room. That was a nice gesture, but in all transparency I did not sleep well that night. Every sound woke me up. I was hypervigilant. I've learned I never, never will stay in a room that is more than five floors from the main lobby. Too scared to risk that again!