I'm a food freak!

One of the other aspects of this trip that I love is that we will be using the Disney dining plan, which gives us literally hundreds of options to choose from and among those options are some signature fine dining restaurants. I love food...I love to cook it and I love to eat , so planning our dining options has been a blast. I've completely dorkified myself and purchased the latest edition of The Unofficial Guide to Disney as well as located the mecca of disney online forums. I've spent the last several evenings perusing the dining reviews in both the book and online, and tomorrow I will hopefully book all of the reservations for the places that we have decided to experience.
My sweet husband has endured me popping into his office more readily than ususal as I read him reviews and get his opinions. Really, he thinks it's sweet...I hope he still thinks so a few weeks from now, haha, I really do find this quite fun.
On to the choices:

Jiko – The Cooking Place fuses the bold flavors of traditional African, Indian and Mediterranean cuisine at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge.

Twin wood-burning ovens roar and the soothing, warm colors of an African sunset bring energy to this remarkable restaurant. The menu includes vegan, vegetarian and meat-based dishes that change seasonally, such as berbere Grilled lamb, Durban shrimp curry and chermoula roasted chicken, along with conventional favorites. Imaginative appetizers include curried potato and corn samosas, and brick oven-fired flatbreads.

California Grill is a Signature Dining restaurant that serves award-winning gourmet dinners and sweeping views atop Disney's Contemporary Resort.
Choose your view—the shimmering Seven Seas Lagoon, the enchanting Magic Kingdom theme park, the fireworks bursting over Cinderella Castle or, perhaps best of all, each other.
The food is just as spectacular as the view. Inspired by classic cuisines from around the world, yet combined in inventive and delicious new ways, the California Grill's menu reflects the very best of California Fusion cooking. While the menu changes regularly to utilize the freshest produce, the superb attention to detail and quality stays the same. You'll delight in such exquisite dishes as sushi, brick oven-baked flat breads, handmade Sonoma goat cheese ravioli, oak-fired filet of beef with Teriyaki barbeque sauce, oak-fired pork tenderloin and Valrhona chocolate cake; warm chocolate cake with molten center and house-made ice cream.

The Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant, open for lunch and dinner in Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park, serves contemporary American cuisine. Seasonal specialties include seafood, steak and poultry selections.
The fact that the upscale atmosphere harkens back to the Golden Age of Hollywood is no coincidence. The Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant at Walt Disney World Resort is an authentic replica of the famous Brown Derby, a longstanding Hollywood landmark and haunt for Tinseltown's biggest and brightest personalities. The Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant redefines the concept of dining with the stars. The warm wood-paneled walls of this gourmet restaurant are adorned with caricatures of famous faces. The tradition of capturing the likenesses of luminaries began in the original Brown Derby restaurant.