Yep. That was my thought too. They aren't getting the demand they hoped for and they realize they need the AP's. Because they opened up reservations for AP's with resort stays to book more than just their standard three tells me all I need to know.
However, many people had hotel reservations but no tickets, and vice versa, so they had to 'fix it' (which this did) but they should have just reached out to those people and done it that way first instead of opening it all up to everyone, but hey, what do I know? LOL
Or why not offer tickets to guests checking in who don't have them? IDK, I just think they make things complicated when they don't have too.