Phantasmagoria: One Last Ride

Phantasmagoria was a wonderfully creepy old "dark ride" at the now sadly defunct Bell's Amusement Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Shot just one weekend before a freak storm destroyed much of its spooky facade, here's a few snippets of video and photos to chronicle how "SCAAAAAARRRIE" (their spelling, not mine) Phantasmagoria once was... and commemorate just how badly Bell's and all of its rides are now truly missed.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Tulsa
• Bell's
• Amusement
• Parks
• Dark
• Rides
• Spook
• House

[Peachbaby777]

Thank you so much for making this video! Memoriiies!!! ^_^

[tulsateamroper]

@KeithLongIsADouche That was the KELI radio station. Google tulsa tv memories for a lot of info about that!

[KeithLongIsADouche]

And while I am at it, what was up with the space craft thing in the middle of the park? I vaguely remember being a young kid on a school function and going in there... but I cant remember what it was. Some kind of space/star thing?

And who remembers the water slides that were in Bell's before Big Splash. You paid like $5 for a half hour and they gave you a colored wrist band that matched up to a color on a clock they had. Once your "color" was done... so was your $5

[KeithLongIsADouche]

You know what I used to like about Bell's?

When something would break, they would never fix it. That was kinda cool... kept up with the "run down dingy look". They had video games that were 40 years old... no joke. Nothing newer than 20. The mini golf course was missing turf on all the holes, and there were chunks of concrete missing from the sidewalks. 

[newkillergenius]

I'm glad I got my pieces of Bell's before it was all gone. I saw one of the cars from the Phant in Blake's new place, the Max, downtown too.

[eldritchhobbit]

Thanks so much for posting this. I live halfway across the country now, but one look at this video and I could remember this like it was yesterday, even down to the way it smelled. It was my favorite thing at Bell's when I was a child. I'd get out of the cart and get right back in line to go again. I'm grateful you've provided a way to experience one last ride.

[manateaz1]

I am so sad I didn't get to ride one last time...livin in San Fran now...

[tnikster]

i miss Bell's! Zingo, Phantasmagoria, log ride..everything,,sigh :(

[mizzpink98z24cavi]

I miss the original Himalaya at Bell's. It's so sad it's like I am talking about somebody that died....

[cntjasna]

The lady in the black bikini used to be naked and spin around to reveal a rotting corpse. Also, there used to be a small roller coaster type drop when you came out on the top level before going back in. There used to be a waterfall at the end that would stop just before you got drenched and exited the ride. I got kicked out of Bell's when I was in 7th grade for getting out of the cart and walking around inside the ride. I miss Bells!