Is this possible? Cruise ship w/ WI-FI/ Mobile Phone/Skype

[TheDempster]

I am going on a cruise in April, and the ship has WI-FI access on board. I will be subscribing to a week long internet rate with the cruise line (will use with my laptop). I also want access the on board WI-FI service using my HTC Touch Pro's WI-FI capability, and use Skype for making calls to land lines in the US.

Has anyone done this? Can you access the ships WI-FI via your Cell phones WI-FI connection? If you can,will you be able to use Skype via that connection?

If it is possible, it would be a great way to avoid all those heavy at sea phone calls.

Any one had experience with this?

Would love to here from anyone who has figured this out.