If you don't wish to ride PW, that is fine. I wouldn't try to convince any stranger to ride it.
That said, I've been on the ride many times, over many years.
When the ride was newer, it had more spin that it does now. I don't recall the exact date of the change, but it was fairly recent.
Same thing if you have been on other versions of the ride. I too have been on different versions of this ride. In a general sense, you are correct that they are all similar, and when you say you didn't like it, I believe you.
That said, if you haven't recently been on the AK version, perhaps your information isn't 100% accurate.
For us, we often ride PW, because the wait is short, but it isn't a must for us.
A nice plus of PW is that folks can see the entire ride before they ride it. As I said, the line is often short, so there's no need to FP it, or even to make a rock solid decision before seeing it in person, unless a family child isn't tall enough to ride. Can't do much about height.
Oh, one thing I will add is that the ride isn't very SMOOTH, riders get bumped around a bit. In that sense it is very much like other versions of the ride.
