You know what... Universal is very shrewd. They don't even have to limit softs to hotel guest. They only have to do so long enough to sell out their rooms. Once rooms are all booked, Universal can slowly let the general public in. Only enough so that people out of fear keep their reservation as their "guarantee". Enough people so that it starts to ease the public relations nightmare and prepare the TMs for the onslaught.
Interesting. Curious to see how this plays out. In some ways I agree with the poster who defended Universals actions. I don't support such blatant capitalism, but Universal does have 3 lovely hotel offerings and people do tend to stay at Disney and travel over only for a day or two. They want people to see their resort as the real deal. It makes sense. They have leverage.