Disneyland, Disneyland Paris. (Marcos Veiga / Alamy)

Jurassic World opens in theaters on June 12th. Although we can’t currently experience the wonderment of living amongst dinosaurs, we can take advantage of some pretty amazing parks this summer.

From Paris to Tokyo, millions of visitors to the world's most popular theme parks agree: these rides, shows, and costumed characters are worth the waits.

Four decades after opening, Magic Kingdom is still working its pixie-dust charm on more than 18.6 million annual visitors.

Yet Mickey Mouse has some recent competition: dinosaurs, wizards, high speed chases. Oh my!

The rising star of the theme-park industry is an English boy with round spectacles and a scar on his forehead at Universal Orlando's Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The soon-to-beunveiled Fast and Furious Super Charged ride (Grand OpeningJune 25), also at Universal Orlando, will immerse youinto the underground crime world complete with fast cars and plenty of thrills.

The latest and greatest new theme-park attractions are designed to pull us right into the story, whether we're engaging in a supercharged car chase, soaking up the retro cars culture along Route 66, or downing pints of butterbeer with Hogwarts students. And that's just what they do.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios might allow visitors to experience Hogwarts as Harry once did, but you'll be able to quench your thirst for speed on June 25th when Fast and Furious: Recharged debuts and Jurrassic World is another experience all together.

Make your plans to see Jurassic World up close and personal on June 12th. Just stay away from the velociraptors...

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