Three dimensional array causing repeating pause in movie

I'm creating what is essentially a 3 dimensional array. It's
an array of objects, and each of those objects (a map) contains a
few properties, one of which is a two dimensional array of tile
objects. The strange thing is that the act of pusing each of these
map objects on the array causes my movie to run with a periodic
(about once a second) pause. The more map objects are pushed onto
the array, the longer the pause. In between the pause, the movie
runs at what seems like normal speed.
Does this sound normal? I can see the movie slowing down
while building the 3 dimensional array, but once the array is built
(and i've verified that it builds corrently- no endless loops or
anything), even if I do absolutely NOTHING wtih it I still get the
pause for as long as my movie runs...
that's the part that really seems strange to me- the
repeating pause is directly related to my pushing of the map
objects onto an array... Even if I build all the map objects and
don't push them onto an array, the movie plays fine...
Any ideas or help would be appreciated. For anyone who is
interested, the associated actionscript is attached. Thanks!

anyone? I don't need a direct solution... if anything the
biggest problem I'd like to understand is that if all my objects
are already created (i.e. already stored in memory), and my array
is already created- how can simply pushing the objects onto the
array cause a recurring pause/performance hit- even if I don't use
the objects (including the array) at all (? All the memory is
allocated already- all i'm doing is pushing a reference to the
object onto the array, right? If anything I would think there could
be a performance hit WHILE pushing objects onto the array, but what
the heck is creating the pause/performance issue the rest of the
time?
I would really appreciate any help, I don't know any flash
experts in person, and I've been racking my brain on this
one!

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