Best Western Plus Waynesboro Inn & Suites Conference Center

Total F. Fire alarm went off at 10:30pm. All guests had to vacate the hotel, many in their pajamas, and stand in sub freezing temps and high wind. After 15-20 minutes of standing in the cold guests began to enter the lobby as it had become clear there was no fire, but guests werent yet allowed to return to their rooms. The hotel staff couldnt turn off the fire alarm so guests had to endure the piercing sound of the alarm in the lobby. The cause for the alarm was a sprinkler that went off in a 2nd floor room, soaking the guests in that room including two very young children. Their parents had them wrapped in towels in the lobby to attempt to dry them. They were shivering. The hotel couldnt shut off the sprinkler, either, so water came through the 1st floor hallway ceiling like a waterfall. Guests finally returned to their rooms around 11:30pm, despite no announcement from hotel staff. But to make it to the staircase guests had to walk through the waterfall. I, like everyone else, got soaked. Then, at midnight as i had just dozed off to sleep my room phone rang. A hotel staff person said there was a noise complaint against my room. I said i was sleeping and in the room alone. He replied by saying he made a mistake and called the wrong room. An awful experience all around. However, i stayed at the hotel last year and had a fine time.