Hi everyone! I'm sorry I'm taking so long to do another update here, I'm just really trying to get through my December TR! I should only have one or two more updates over there, and then I'll do a little wrap up, but I will definitely do an update here in between and finish up our rest day and get to the Haunted Carriage Ride! Thanks for sticking with me and still reading, I just can't wait to be finished with my December TR so I can concentrate on this one! I'm still excited to be writing this one, the other one...eh, I'm over it! 
Joyce and I actually really liked Jiko, but I guess it depends on what kind of food you're into.
The bread was awesome--and I'm a bread snob because my dad owns a bakery. They had some seasoned butter which was also great. I could seriously have eaten an entire meal of it!
I had the Grilled Wild Boar Tenderloin as my appetizer and love it, but just wished there were more. The Grilled Shrimp Curry was my entrée and just as delicious.
Joyce had the Jiko Salad to start and then the Braised Beef Short Rib. It had goat cheese and some other fun stuff in it, which is right up her alley. She also thought the short rib was great, but the onion and carrot side thingy was probably her favorite part of the entire meal.
We'd definitely recommend it, but with the caveat that it's far from standard, and quite expensive. My shrimp was spicy, but I like that. The boar was flavorful, but noticeably different than a fillet mignon.
Anyway, those are my 2 cents!
P.S., my memory isn't that great...I may have
borrowed some of that from Joyce's TR
Jiko sounds really good, and really...interesting. The problem is, I'm the least adventurous eater in the world. Brandon would be fine with it, he likes trying new things, but I'm a huge baby about it. However, Jiko almost sounds too good to be a baby about.
And it looks pretty inside, which helps.
I was impressed that you remembered all of that from your trip, til I read that you borrowed it from Joyce's TR!
I was wondering what was wrong with me, because unless I take pictures or write it in my notes, I can never remember what we ordered in Disney!
Lol at cancelling GFC but breakfast at Kona sounds great!
Mmm that entree looks delish 
Kona was great, and it's always nice to visit the Poly, since apparently I'm never staying there!
And Artist Point was so good, I'd love to go there again!
I think we went at a bad time to Jiko... the past reviews were all good and the current reviews are all good... around the time we went there were a bunch of bad reviews! (I think they have since switched Chefs)
I would be willing to give it another chance (especially since I didn't even taste any of it!) but my husband isn't willing.
We had bad service combined with bad food.
My husband ordered the Chicken (Tandori I think) and it was EXTREMELY dry and burnt!
I would have to look at my review to see what I ordered... I'd had whatever kind of meat I had before and this was just off... I thought at first it was my tastebuds but my hubby said it wasn't good either..
We are pretty adventurous eaters. We go to numerous fine dining dinners... I have a few dislikes (Olives and Capers!
) and I dislike spicy as I prefer to taste my food not have my mouth on fire. My husband doesn't like a lot of veggies but will usually eat them when dining out!
That does sound like a pretty bad experience.
Maybe you just got them on an off night? It does happen, even at Disney! Maybe your DH will be more willing to go back in a few years, after he's forgotten about how bad it was over time!
What a lovely rest day! Franklin and I are big fans of Kona for breakfast. AP is on my to-do list, I really want to try the mushroom soup (glad to hear Brandon liked it!)
Of the Signatures, we've eaten at Cali Grill and Citricos. Of those two I'd give the nod to Cali Grill, though I'm dying to try Jiko (and plan to on my trip next October).
AP is really good, I can't recommend it enough! The mushroom soup was amazing, and I don't like mushrooms. Ok, well, I don't like eating actual mushrooms, but I like the flavor of them, if that makes sense! I just don't think I'd want a whole bowl of it!
Everyone seems to really like Citricos, but I just have no interest in it! Cali Grill seems like it would be really good, and I think I'd be ok with Jiko, but I'm not sure. Maybe I should try Boma for dinner first, and then try a few of the weird things they have there, and see if I could handle it!
I know what you mean about Disney music! It just makes me happy. I try to explain it to others but they think I am crazy
I have never had a "rest day" at Disney, it sounds so nice! Good for you
The Poly is very beautiful but I stayed lost when we visited there several years ago.
Loved hearing about Artist Point! We have never eaten there. We have eaten at Cali Grill (which is my absolute favorite
) but maybe our next trip we will venture to Artist Point
I'm addicted to Disney music, especially the music loops from the parks! I just downloaded the Innoventions area loop and the Tomorrowland area loop onto my Iphone and I listen to them all the time on the way to work!
Rest days are essential for us on long trips, the next long trip we take, I'm considering doing either 2 rest days, or we just won't park hop so much, by the end of this trip we were both SO tired!
The Poly is confusing, isn't it! It's nice that they have maps that you can look at on the walkways though, even though they don't really help!
I'm glad everyone seems to love Cali Grill! I'm still torn between that and Yachtsman, and I'm even still considering Jiko, so we'll see what happens in May! I will probably change whatever ADR I make 50 times before we go!
no sense letting the room sit empty for half a week :rofl Plus we need that much time just for all the restaurants we want to do!!
I agree, we never have enough time for eating!
I'm so happy to be focusing on just this TR again, doing two was annoying! 
Right there you definitely can tell how much you love EPCOT 
