Thanks for your response.
From my understanding I have to create a new fullwidth.php template using my original page.php code with a few modifications such as ripping off the sidebars and renaming it, as well as make a couple changes in css. Am I right?
My goal is to create a full width template option in the drop down menu so I can make my pages/posts full width as needed.
I apologize for my lack of understanding but this is all pretty new to me.