I haven't been updating this thread as much as some of the threads on other sites about Bell's, but for anyone interested in Bell's (and Tulsa's) situation at the moment:
I drove around the Gunboat district in Tulsa again a couple of days ago and most of the remnants are still there. I am steadfastly amazed that no one has hauled that stuff off. It looks like they just loaded the stuff up, drove to the first empty lot in Tulsa that they could find and just dumped it. The log flume pieces are off in a lot next to some historic old houses and they just look like a pile of abandoned scrap metal. Another lot around the corner holds more log flume pieces, part of the Round-Up, and the smaller chairlift supports. The only lot that actually has a fence around it and looks somewhat presentable contains part of the carousel barn, pieces of the octopus, and a kiddie ride as well as a few odds and ends.
Right now Robby Bell is setting up the remaining kiddie rides in his possession at a local flea market. I've been by a couple of times, but it's been a few months since my last visit. It looks like it will be a fairly permanent setup, but it still looks quite ghetto. The market is actually quite large and it attracts a lot of people on the weekends, so they'll have some steady business at least, but not enough to actually get back on their feet or anything. It's taken them months to set up. Last time I drove by the rides still weren't ready, and they've been working on them for like six months now. The flea market changed hands in that time, so maybe they keep having to renegotiate their contract...
In other news, a new amusement park was proposed at Turkey Mountain, but the plan turned out to be so poorly put together and the chosen location was so hotly contested that it has pretty much died out already.
Long story short, it doesn't look like we'll be seeing any quality amusements in Tulsa any time soon, but these little developments here and there keep things interesting at least.