In the scene between Katie and Bev in Katie's bedroom, Bev mentions that Katie could go on American Idol and Katie's actress Lucy Hale was on a spin-off called American Juniors when she was 14.

The first Cinderella Story where one of the step siblings is nice to the main character.

When Katie tells her step brother that it's dinner time her step brother replies "Tell me something I don't know". This is a reference to a Selena Gomez song in the previous movie of the series, "Another Cinderella Story".

Lucy Hale and Megan Park are both from hit ABC Family shows. Hale is in Pretty Little Liars (2010), and Park in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008).

The building pictured in the scene change after Gail confronts Katie about sneaking out to the dance is University Hall from the University of Montana. The footage is taken from behind the Hall, looking down onto the Oval, with one of the four iconic clocks featured.