i ran these with and without cut-scenes watching them at a reasonable rate and recorded the results for proof as many dont seem sure how long it can take.
Castrum Meridianum is 26mins with cs and 20mins without so 6minutes not so bad. I think most wouldn't mind that extra 6minutes.
Praetorium took 40min with cut-scenes and 15min without. I'm sure most people dont fancy spending an additional 25min in a roulette.
However realistically your not gonna get a new player wanting to watch all the cs everyday and just click spam through them so I dont think it's as bad as we initially think but it's still not ideal.
Making it doable with your squad still sounds like best option for new players wanting to watch it. As some groups wanting to speed through could make dick moves like kicking the one player who is trying to watch them for not clicking through the scenes fast enough.