I saw the same thing with Acclaim for every race this year, they start out requiring the hotel stay and then right before the race they have bibs without any strings. When I talked with the owner it sounded like Disney doesn't like it when TAs can't sell all their bibs and it might affect how many bibs they get in the future. I used them for Princess this year before they even opened registration because I didn't want to deal with the mad rush and I paid more for my hotel then I could have gotten with my AP but I thought it was worth it for piece of mind, however if it would have required tickets too I would not have done it.