You sit upright and high, so it is very similar in that respect. However, it drives like a car instead of a truck, so its a bit friendlier on the bones and arms after 1600 miles.
I have an older Suburban (97), but a 05' Sienna, so its not totally fair. The kids have DVD's in the back of our headrests and a better separated climate control than the Suburban had. They certainly have it a hell of a lot better than I did as a kid with six of us packed in a sedan, traversing Nebraska and Colorado without AC in July.
I even stop for bathroom breaks every couple of hundred miles unlike my dad. My kids are spoiled.
My Honda Odyssey Mini-van is very nice to drive compared to my dad’s Suburban. The mini-van drives more like a car, and the Suburban drives more like a truck.
His suburban holds more things, but I like the mini-van better. It’s easier for lots of people to get in and out of the mini-van and it’s comfortable for all of them to sit in. The suburban is hard to get people in the back, and it’s not very comfortable back there.