Yes, they did - but... They don't buy (lots of) stuff - AP's often will drop by for half a day and eat off property, but yet will still plop down in a restaura

Yes, they did - but... They don't buy (lots of) stuff - AP's often will drop by for half a day and eat off property, but yet will still plop down in a restaurant and take up table space. They also don't purchase much merch either. They travel inefficiently - AP's often will come to meet up with friends, and like most southern californians, they don't usually carpool - to the point that in 2015, Disney almost stopped selling parking with the AP because of capacity reasons. So I think clog up is accurate here. AP's in general use the park in very different ways then the people who are vacationing at the park - Disney has made it clear that its primary market is the vacationer - but they cant drop the AP system without alienating a bunch of folks.