Last week, my husband and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Well, he worked and I played. On Wednesday, I trudged through Epcot to watch singer/ songwriter Vanessa Carlton take the stage during the festival’s nightly “Eat to the Beat” concert series.

I’ve been a Vanessa Carlton fan since the release of “Be Not Nobody” in 2002. The singer is known for top 40s hits such as “A Thousand Miles,” “Ordinary Day” and “White Houses” and her music is on regular rotation on my iPod. Naturally, I was thrilled to see she would be performing in the concert series during my vacation.

At 5:15, I happily took my seat at the American Gardens Theatre. She started off with a bang, playing several songs from her current and past records on the piano and singing; however, when she began one of her better know songs, she slipped up on the lyrics and stopped, using a four-letter expletive. She apologized and began the song again. There was nervous laughter around, and at the end of her first performance, Carlton apologized, bowed with her guitarist, and left the stage (that’s her beating a hasty retreat at left).

I tweeted about the incident, but didn’t think anything of it. After all, I’m an adult and I’ve certainly heard that word before. A few days later, however, a friend text-messaged me to say that Carlton had yet another slip of the tongue during her final performance of the evening. As a result, she was asked by park officials not to return the following night to perform.

Thinking back on the event, I see why –– after all, this is the Walt Disney Company, and parents who pay $75-plus for theme park admission don’t want Little Suzie or Johnny Jr. to hear that kind of language. Further, it wasn’t muttered by a park guest or a harried employee but instead by a third party hired to perform under the company’s contractual agreements. Sure, it’s easy to say “We all do it.” but was Disney right to cut Carlton’s strings when they’d advertised her for months as an “Eat to the Beat” performer?

As a parent, I say yes. Under no circumstances would I allow my daughter to sit through an R-rated film, and that’s an action I can control. A concert at a family-friendly theme park? You betcha Carlton most likely agreed to the company’s stipulations and violated those during her performances. What do you think? Let me know in the comments!