The party band in the movie is a Christian alternative-rock band called Hawk Nelson.
Drake Bell and Miranda Cosgrove played brother and sister in the Nickelodeon kids' show Drake & Josh (2004).
Danielle Panabaker originally tried to get the part of Christina but was changed back and forth and eventually got the part of Phoebe because of her resemblance to Rene Russo.
The house the Beardsley family moves into in the beginning of the film is the same house the Banks family lives in in the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride.
There is no way a Rear Admiral (O-7) would be offered this position of USCG Commandant, a position reserved for a Vice Admiral (O-9). In any case, it would never be offered in such a casual manner at a social event; nominees for Commandant must be approved by Congress after appearing before House and Senate committees.