I waited until the season was over to binge it. It clearly has elements aimed at kids, and some of the Hologram Janeway stuff was pretty rough around the edges, but overall I liked it. It was good enough to place it in the top three made in the last couple of decades (along with but behind Star Trek Lower Decks and Star Trek The Orville).
It had a few callbacks (but not nearly as many as Lower Decks).