The cutouts are ok enough for me. Especially the ones with motion. It makes the storyline of the kids making the story fun and cute “ah look, little one- shreks kids made this ride. Isn’t it cool?”
They just need at least one more scene and way more landscaping. It should feel more like a swamp. The scenes should have been “revealed” at each little turn behind some forest instead of barren nothing in between.
But the real travesty on that ride is the onboard audio. It’s SO cheap. Just a rehash of old clips from movies- and terrible editing at that. They couldn’t have done anything unique? Just a little? You were literally recording the voice actors for Shrek 5 during construction.