Multi-stage form in Laravel 5

I want to build a simple multi-stage registration process in Laravel 5.5, without having to resort to JavaScript, but I'm not sure if it's possible.

My routes are fairly simple:

Route::get('/stage1', 'UserController@showWelcome')->name('welcome');
Route::post('/stage1', 'UserController@validateWelcome');

Route::get('/stage2', 'UserController@create')->name('register');
Route::post('/stage2', 'UserController@store');

In the UserController...

@showWelcome -> shows stage1.blade.php .
@validateWelcome -> validates the input and then return view('stage2'), compact('request')

@create -> shows stage1.blade.php (not a mistake -- it's not POSTed so they should see stage1)
@store -> validates the input and return view('stagesComplete')

The problem
Everything works perfectly except when there's a validation error during stage 2. The page is submitted but it shows the error messages on stage1.

I've ensured that the stage1 form POSTs to /stage1, and the same for /stage2 (it POSTs to /stage2).

I've tried redirecting to /stage2 @validateWelcome, but of course you can't POST with a redirect.

Am I missing something, or is it just not possible?

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