My husband an I live near so we did this as a romantic getaway. The longest time away from our two year old twins so I was checking out family friendliness as well.
Embarkation: we arrived around 1pm and though the line was short it took 40min. We were able to.go straight to our room to drop some stuff off. We walked around.d the ship and had lunch and were finished exploring by muster at 4:30pm.
Ship: small but nice. The refurbishment left some nice amenities but they could be approved upon.
Decent size for inside. A lot of storage space. Far from most of the action,but near the disembaraktion area for ports. No couch but has a chair.