Yes, I was questioning what problem DL intentionally created that necessitated Maxpass.
Offering too many AP's in an area that has guests that will gladly purchase them en mass as a form of "cheap" consistent entertainment (not saying DL is cheap at all, but if you buy an annual pass for your family and go once a week, you're only paying $10-15 a week for a quality experience. That's much cheaper than anything else in the Southern California area). So how do you avoid weekly AP'ers taking away FP's from premium paying vacationers....you offer an upgrade version that's reasonable enough for a vacationing family to pay but cost prohibitive enough that a family of AP'ers won't use it weekly.